Fix issue where the VS Code extension outputs a false positive warnin…

…g message (#7915)

* Fix issue where the VS Code extension outputs a false positive warning message

* changelog

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Co-authored-by: Harold Shen <hlshen@google.com>

firebase-vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## NEXT
 
 - [Fixed] Fixed an issue where Add data and Read data would generate operations in the wrong folder
+- [Fixed] Fixed an issue where firebase version check produced false positives on Windows (#7910)
 
 ## 0.10.6
 

firebase-vscode/src/extension.ts

@@ -89,9 +89,15 @@ async function checkCLIInstallation(): Promise<void> {
       "latest"
     ];
     const env = { ...process.env, VSCODE_CWD: "" };
-    const versionRes = spawnSync("firebase", ["--version"], { env });
+    const versionRes = spawnSync("firebase", ["--version"], {
+      env,
+      shell: process.platform === "win32",
+    });
     const currentVersion = semver.valid(versionRes.stdout?.toString());
-    const npmVersionRes = spawnSync("npm", ["--version"]);
+    const npmVersionRes = spawnSync("npm", ["--version"], {
+      env,
+      shell: process.platform === "win32",
+    });
     const npmVersion = semver.valid(npmVersionRes.stdout?.toString());
     if (!currentVersion) {
       message = `The Firebase CLI is not installed (or not available on $PATH). If you would like to install it, run ${