From 82d380a38d6a5d8c625e82c938ad5392f32fd0b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:51:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ./nodebb upgrade on windows

---
 src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js b/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js
index 92cc980fa2..4949ef619f 100644
--- a/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js
+++ b/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js
@@ -148,8 +148,11 @@ async function upgradePlugins(unattended = false) {
 		if (['y', 'Y', 'yes', 'YES'].includes(result.upgrade)) {
 			console.log('\nUpgrading packages...');
 			const args = packageManagerInstallArgs.concat(found.map(suggestObj => `${suggestObj.name}@${suggestObj.suggested}`));
-
-			cproc.execFileSync(packageManagerExecutable, args, { stdio: 'ignore' });
+			const options = { stdio: 'ignore' };
+			if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+				options.shell = true;
+			}
+			cproc.execFileSync(packageManagerExecutable, args, options);
 		} else {
 			console.log(`${chalk.yellow('Package upgrades skipped')}. Check for upgrades at any time by running "${chalk.green('./nodebb upgrade -p')}".`);
 		}