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@nadalaba nadalaba commented May 3, 2026

On Windows installation of node.exe, WSL shells cannot call node without the extension .exe.
This PR adds a minimal shim to the installation directory that calls the main binary node.exe
Resolves conflicts from and closes #43948

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