From 8c5211a5ba86f19956a98ab1abc5c964a8f4b962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reaper <kris.parish@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:12:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve Windows executable search path

---
 package-lock.json        |  4 ++--
 package.json             |  2 +-
 src/main/auroraEngine.ts | 10 +++++++---
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 99eb259..e634a0e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "aurora-dockside",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.35",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.36",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "aurora-dockside",
-      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.35",
+      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.36",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@electron-toolkit/preload": "^3.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4920ad..402fe3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aurora-dockside",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.35",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.36",
   "description": "A modern, modular Docker development platform for building, running, and managing web applications locally.",
   "desktopName": "aurora-dockside.desktop",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",
diff --git a/src/main/auroraEngine.ts b/src/main/auroraEngine.ts
index 576a61e..c36942d 100644
--- a/src/main/auroraEngine.ts
+++ b/src/main/auroraEngine.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { app } from 'electron'
 import { execFile } from 'child_process'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
 import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile, access, rm, readdir } from 'fs/promises'
-import { join } from 'path'
+import { delimiter, join } from 'path'
 import type {
   AuroraProjectDetail,
   AuroraProjectSummary,
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ import {
 } from './moduleRegistry'
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)
-const EXTRA_PATH_DIRS = ['/opt/homebrew/bin', '/usr/local/bin', '/opt/local/bin']
-export const AURORA_ENV = { ...process.env, PATH: [...EXTRA_PATH_DIRS, process.env.PATH].join(':') }
+const EXTRA_PATH_DIRS =
+  process.platform === 'win32' ? [] : ['/opt/homebrew/bin', '/usr/local/bin', '/opt/local/bin']
+export const AURORA_ENV = {
+  ...process.env,
+  PATH: [...EXTRA_PATH_DIRS, process.env.PATH].filter(Boolean).join(delimiter)
+}
 
 export type AuroraConfig = {
   name: string