Error code Trying to copy from a source that does not exist

Question

As I was following the VS code plugin/extension tutorial here Your First Extension | Visual Studio Code Extension API, I got the following error.

> yo code

? What type of extension do you want to create? New Extension (TypeScript)
? What's the name of your extension? HelloWorld
? What's the identifier of your extension? helloworld
? What's the description of your extension?
? Initialize a git repository? Yes
? Bundle the source code with webpack? No
? Which package manager to use? npm

Writing in C:\pg\vscode\helloworld...
Error code

Trying to copy from a source that does not exist: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodist\bin\node_modules\generator-code\generators\app\templates\ext-command-ts/vscode

Simply the command I ran is, as the tutorial,

npm install -g yo generator-code
yo code

I'm on Windows 10 elevated Powershell. What's wrong with the error and how to fix?

Answer 1

I fixed this simply by choosing NOT to initialise a git repository.

Answer 2

For me, uninstalling NodeJS/Nodist and reinstalling in a directory without spaces in the name fixed this. Definitely a classic Windows problem.