Double slashes in Windows "c:\Program Files\nodejs\\*" process strings

[terryschwarz]

• Version: v14.17.0
• Platform: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1052]
• Subsystem:

Any use of npm.cmd or npx.cmd command causes strings with "c:\Program Files\nodejs" to show up as
"c:\Program Files\nodejs\\..." in the Windows task manager information.

for example:

I don't believe this actually causes errors, but it leaves a bad impression when someone notices it and at some point might be even questioned as the source of some issue.

I actually tracked this down to use of ...

SET "NODE_EXE=%~dp0\node.exe"

in the script when they should have done something like ...

SET "SCRIPTPATH=%~dp0"
SET "NODE_EXE=%SCRIPTPATH%node.exe"

to avoid the double slash

[targos]

This is set by npm, which is maintained at https://github.com/npm/cli