ionic 3 - Error at FatalException.Exception - bug in the new version?

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I downloaded Ionic 3 few days ago and everything worked just fine when all of the sudden yesterday this error showed up after every ionic command I tried to use (ionic info, ionic serve, ionic start etc.):

{ Error at FatalException.Exception (C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\@ionic\cli-utils\dist\lib\errors.js:8:23) at FatalException (C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\@ionic\cli-utils\dist\lib\errors.js:17:9) at Config. (C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\@ionic\cli-utils\dist\lib\config.js:41:31) at throw (native) at rejected (C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\@ionic\cli-utils\dist\lib\config.js:5:65) name: 'Exception', exitCode: 1, fatal: true }

I have tried to delete ionic and cordova and reinstall many times using many different instructions I found online:

npm uninstall cordova ionic
npm cache clean -f
npm install npm -g
npm uninstall node
apt-get purge npm
apt-get install npm
npm install node -g

I've also tried to delete and reinstall node but this error stay with every version of ionic 3.X.X I tried. ionic 2 on the other hand work great. any Idea what might have caused that and how to fix it?

I'm using:

Windows 10
npm : 4.6.1
node: v6.10.3
cordova: 7.0.1

Kyle Kyle · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-24T13:15:11

This looks like a known issue 1, you might be able to work around it by getting a copy of a peer's config.json file. Alternatively, you could try wiping out your %userprofile%.ionic folder and redoing the ionic install.

Error at FatalException.Exception bug

ionic 3 - Error at FatalException.Exception - bug in the new version?

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