From c12f02bb82b4c6761aba3ec61485036b8f79bd0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rizel Scarlett <rizel@squareup.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 16:29:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Enabling npx command to install on Windows Desktop (#3283)

---
 ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/deeplink.ts | 2 +-
 ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/utils.ts    | 2 +-
 ui/desktop/src/extensions.tsx                             | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/deeplink.ts b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/deeplink.ts
index 5c43ca59..41e6f57c 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/deeplink.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/deeplink.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function getStdioConfig(
   timeout: number
 ) {
   // Validate that the command is one of the allowed commands
-  const allowedCommands = ['cu', 'docker', 'jbang', 'npx', 'uvx', 'goosed'];
+  const allowedCommands = ['cu', 'docker', 'jbang', 'npx', 'uvx', 'goosed', 'npx.cmd'];
   if (!allowedCommands.includes(cmd)) {
     toastService.handleError(
       'Invalid Command',
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/utils.ts b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/utils.ts
index 53cf1420..66aa7409 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/utils.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/extensions/utils.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export async function replaceWithShims(cmd: string) {
 
 export function removeShims(cmd: string) {
   // Only remove shims if the path matches our known shim patterns
-  const shimPatterns = [/cu$/, /goosed$/, /docker$/, /jbang$/, /npx$/, /uvx$/];
+  const shimPatterns = [/cu$/, /goosed$/, /docker$/, /jbang$/, /npx$/, /uvx$/, /npx.cmd$/];
 
   // Check if the command matches any shim pattern
   const isShim = shimPatterns.some((pattern) => pattern.test(cmd));
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/extensions.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/extensions.tsx
index 598fee62..2d12b3fb 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/extensions.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/extensions.tsx
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ export async function replaceWithShims(cmd: string) {
     jbang: await window.electron.getBinaryPath('jbang'),
     npx: await window.electron.getBinaryPath('npx'),
     uvx: await window.electron.getBinaryPath('uvx'),
+    'npx.cmd': await window.electron.getBinaryPath('npx.cmd'),
   };
 
   if (binaryPathMap[cmd]) {