Error: Cannot find module './browser/config'

[touwang]

When I try to install playwright-mcp in windows 11, I got below error:

npx @playwright/mcp@latest
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1372
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module './browser/config'
Require stack:

• C:\Users\I073405\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\9833c18b2d85bc59\node_modules\playwright\lib\mcp\program.js
• C:\Users\I073405\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\9833c18b2d85bc59\node_modules@playwright\mcp\cli.js
  at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1369:15)
  at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1025:19)
  at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1030:22)
  at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1179:37)
  at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
  at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24)
  at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1449:12)
  at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:135:16)
  at Object. (C:\Users\I073405\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\9833c18b2d85bc59\node_modules\playwright\lib\mcp\program.js:36:21)
  at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1692:14) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
  'C:\Users\I073405\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\9833c18b2d85bc59\node_modules\playwright\lib\mcp\program.js',
  'C:\Users\I073405\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\9833c18b2d85bc59\node_modules\@playwright\mcp\cli.js'
  ]
  }

Node.js v24.4.1

[pavelfeldman]

It sounds like your playwright installation is corrupted in the npx cache.