Windows Script Host Error: Invalid character - Code:800A03F6 - Source: Microsoft JScript compilation error

Solution 1:

Update:

On Windows .js files are associated to Windows Scripting Host by default, so the script will not be run with Node.

Open a file explorer and find a JavaScript file, open the JavaScript file's properties and then "open with", select the Node.js program file to open that kind of files.

The error should stop after doing this.

Solution 2:

This is how I solved it: (on windows 10)

Go to C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@angular\cli\bin

Check for ng.js

Right click on ng.js file and click on "properties" option

You need to open it with node.exe so click on "Change" button go to node js installed directory and

(example: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)

Select node.exe

Click on OK

It should change the color of ng.js like below:

Now try ng -v and other ng commands