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'NODE_ENV' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

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Cause

npm runs package.json scripts through cmd.exe on Windows (script-shell default), and cmd has no VAR=value command prefix, so it treats NODE_ENV=production as a program name.

Fix

risk: caution · installs npm:cross-env — ask your user before running

npm install --save-dev cross-env-"build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack"+"build": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack"

Don’t try

"build": "set NODE_ENV=production && webpack" — cmd keeps the space before && in the value (NODE_ENV is "production "), and the script breaks on macOS, Linux and CI shells.

point npm's script-shell at Git Bash's bash.exe — works only on machines where that shell exists at that path; other Windows machines and fresh CI runners still use cmd.exe.

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