[Bug]: npm install on windows fails

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Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: msedge
• Local OS: windows 11
• Remote OS: windows 11
• Remote Architecture: x64
• code-server --version: 4.19.0 (from npm; not cli)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download and install nodejs 20.x (as admin)
2. Ran npm i -g code-server

Expected

npm install should have gracefully completed

Actual

It errored saying sh is not a recognized program/command

Logs

No response

Screenshot/Video

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Does this issue happen in VS Code or GitHub Codespaces?

• I cannot reproduce this in VS Code.
• I cannot reproduce this in GitHub Codespaces.

Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?

• I am using a secure context.

Notes

No response

[code-asher]

code-server has no Windows support at the moment (PRs welcome), although maybe this can be worked around by using git bash or cygwin or something.

[code-asher]

Closing in favor of #1397