From 7cc33def7ae7d1abd84caee1fe66b403edf75bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Agius <17563226+alan-agius4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 18:22:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(@angular/cli): disable searching current directory for
 bare executable names on Windows

Set NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath environment variable early in CLI initialization so Windows CreateProcess does not search process.cwd() when resolving bare command names.

Fixes #33755
---
 packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts b/packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts
index ab6e9cf48589..3cd0188b7894 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ let forceExit = false;
         // Ignore failure to change directory
       }
     }
+
+    // Ensure Windows CreateProcess does not search the current directory for bare executable names.
+    process.env['NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath'] = '1';
   }
 
   /**
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ let forceExit = false;
    * See: https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/819c4337456996d19db6ba953014579329e9c6e1/node.js#L324
    */
   process.env.BROWSERSLIST_IGNORE_OLD_DATA = '1';
+
   const rawCommandName = process.argv[2];
 
   /**