Cursor IDE command 'cursor .' bash not working in Windows 10/11

CursorFix.md

Cursor IDE command 'cursor .' bash not working in Windows 10/11

^{Short Description}

When using cursor . in git-bash to open Cursor IDE shows an error:

/c/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/bin/cursor: line 62: /c/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/bin/../cursor: No such file or directory

Please note that this is a temporary fix. This solution is going to be overwritten when you update Cursor IDE.

Steps

1. Find the path of your cursor

   • For Windows git-bash

     $where cursor
     
     Output:
     C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\bin\cursor
     C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\bin\cursor.cmd

2. Go to directory C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor\resources\app\bin\cursor and open cursor file using a text editor

3. The content of cursor file should be something like this

   #!/usr/bin/env sh
   #
   # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
   # Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
   
   ....other codes
   
   if [ ! -L "$0" ]; then
     # if path is not a symlink, find relatively
     VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$0")/.."
   else
     if command -v readlink >/dev/null; then
       # if readlink exists, follow the symlink and find relatively
       VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/.."
     else
       # else use the standard install location
       VSCODE_PATH="/usr/share/cursor"
     fi
   fi
   
   ELECTRON="$VSCODE_PATH/cursor"
   CLI="$VSCODE_PATH/resources/app/out/cli.js"
   ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" "$@"
   exit $?
   

4. It appears that the files in the bin directory need to be moved to a higher directory. Thus, we need to the script:

   if [ ! -L "$0" ]; then
     # if path is not a symlink, find relatively
     VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$0")/../../.." # <--- Change default to this
   else
     if command -v readlink >/dev/null; then
       # if readlink exists, follow the symlink and find relatively
       VSCODE_PATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/.."
     else
       # else use the standard install location
       VSCODE_PATH="/usr/share/cursor"
     fi
   fi