Unable to create a project - events.js error

[kolaval]

I’m trying to create a quasar app, but it keeps on failing.

node: v12.18.1
npm: 6.14.5
quasar: 1.1.0

Installing:
? Target directory exists. Continue? Yes
? Project name (internal usage for dev) qapp
? Project product name (must start with letter if building mobile apps) qapp
? Project description A Quasar Framework app
? Author xxx
? Pick your favorite CSS preprocessor: (can be changed later) Sass
? Pick a Quasar components & directives import strategy: (can be changed later) Auto import
? Check the features needed for your project: ESLint (recommended), Axios
? Pick an ESLint preset: Standard
? Continue to install project dependencies after the project has been created? (recommended) yarn

Quasar CLI · Generated “c:\git\testy\qapp1”.

[*] Installing project dependencies …

events.js:292
throw er; // Unhandled ‘error’ event
^
Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
Emitted ‘error’ event on ChildProcess instance at:
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:273:12)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) {
errno: ‘ENOENT’,
code: ‘ENOENT’,
syscall: ‘spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe’,
path: ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe’,
spawnargs: [ ‘/d’, ‘/s’, ‘/c’, ‘“yarn install”’ ]

[kolaval]

running quasar create inside the target folder seemed to work