Unable to find executable for: cmd.exe java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Unable to find executable for: cmd.exe

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I downloaded the katalon studio and was able to run the newly created scripts successfully. But when I loaded an existing project into my local. It is not opening the browser and getting the below exception.
Versions used:
Katalon 7.4.0
java version “1.8.0_202”
appium -v 1.17.1
npm -v 6.14.5
node -v 14.3.0

2020-05-27 10:59:05.055 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - START Test Cases/Web/1. User logs in, browse content and sort Caught: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Unable to find executable for: cmd.exe java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Unable to find executable for: cmd.exe at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.findNodeInCurrentFileSystem(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:174) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.checkAppiumJS(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:345) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.createArgs(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:425) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:358) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService.buildService(AppiumDriverLocalService.java:86) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService$buildService.call(Unknown Source) at utils.AppiumServer.(AppiumServer.groovy:10) at Listeners.(Listeners.groovy:30) at com.kms.katalon.core.context.internal.TestHooker.invokeContextMethods(TestHooker.java:89) at com.kms.katalon.core.context.internal.TestListenerCollector.lambda$3(TestListenerCollector.java:88) at com.kms.katalon.core.context.internal.TestListenerCollector.handleListenerEvent(TestListenerCollector.java:85) at com.kms.katalon.core.context.internal.ExecutionEventManager.publicEvent(ExecutionEventManager.java:36) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:249) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:114) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:105) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source) at TempTestCase1590557338828.run(TempTestCase1590557338828.groovy:25) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Unable to find executable for: cmd.exe at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:987) at org.openqa.selenium.os.OsProcess.(OsProcess.java:64) at org.openqa.selenium.os.CommandLine.(CommandLine.java:38) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.findNodeInCurrentFileSystem(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:168) … 16 more

Approaches tried
Used Katalon 7.3 version
Nodejs reinstallation
Changed the path variables
updated chrome katalon and driver version

Any leads would highly be appreciated.

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Hey @Russ_Thomas, I saw your replies in most of the post, could you please help me with it

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Sorry, I’m not an Appium user let alone expert.

You are running on Windows, correct?

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Yes I am using windows 10,
Version 83.0.4103.61 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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Whoever is going to end up helping you is going to want to see your test case code. Please post it.

Shout out; @duyluong @ThanhTo

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Please type this command on the command-line and share us the output:

cmd.exe /C npm root -g
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@duyluong @ThanhTo
Could you please have a look into this

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@ayesha.khanam

Please check System Variables/Path and ensure "C:\Windows\System32" was added to your PATH.

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Thanks