`[ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]` `loadConfig.js` cannot process `file://` absolute paths

[SharonNg98]

Type: Bug

I am using npx expo start to process one of the many functions, i.e., ImageSourcePropType from Expo. The format for this is { uri: C:\Users\... }. However, I kept on getting

Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]: Error loading Metro config at: C:\Users\${DIR_NAME}\metro.config.js
Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'

I have changed the config in node_modules\metro-config\src\loadConfig.js like this:

Instead of

const configModule = await import(absolutePath);
put

// Fix for Windows: convert Windows path to file:// URL for dynamic import
const pathToImport = path.isAbsolute(absolutePath) && process.platform === 'win32'
  ? (0, _url.pathToFileURL)(absolutePath).href
  : absolutePath;
const configModule = await import(pathToImport);
config = await configModule.default;

However, the terminal still doesn't work. This worked for other users but not mine.
npx expo start previously worked when I incorrectly used require(). Please advise.

VS Code version: Code 1.107.1
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 x 2395)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: unavailable_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off

[tiavina-mika]

Any news on this?

[mjbvz]

Can you provide more information about how this is related to VS Code. Seems like an expo / project setup issue?

[vs-code-engineering]

This issue has been closed as it has been labeled with info-needed and has not received the additional information that was requested from the issue author. It has been labeled as info-needed for 7 days.