Error message "Node.js installation cannot be detected. Please ensure you have installed Node.js before attempting to use Template Wizard" when opening the application generator

[stuermer12]

Hello,

when I open the application generator in VS Code, I receive the following error message:
Node.js installation cannot be detected. Please ensure you have installed Node.js before attempting to use Template Wizard

Version: 1.123.2
Commit: 3c631b164c239e7aeaaae7c626b46c527b361af2
Date: 2026-06-09T15:06:40-07:00
Electron: 42.2.0
ElectronBuildId: 14159160
Chromium: 148.0.7778.97
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.5.0

12:55 $ npm -v
11.13.0
✔ ~/Documents/git/ispares/ispares [feature/ISPARES-1784 L|✔]
12:55 $ node -v
v24.16.0
✔ ~/Documents/git/ispares/ispares [feature/ISPARES-1784 L|✔]
12:55 $ cds -v -i

This takes a while. Collecting Java versions...
@sap/cds-dk (global): 9.9.1
@sap/cds-dk: 9.9.2
@sap/cds: 9.9.1
@sap/cds: 9.9.1
@sap/cds-common-content: 3.2.0
@sap/cds-compiler: 6.9.2
@sap/cds-fiori: 2.3.0
@sap/cds-lsp: 9.9.0
@sap/cds-mtxs: 3.9.3
@sap/cds-mtxs: 3.9.3
@cap-js/asyncapi: 1.0.3
@cap-js/db-service: 2.11.0
@cap-js/hana: 2.7.0
@cap-js/openapi: 1.4.2
@cap-js/sqlite: 2.2.0
@cap-js/sqlite: 2.4.0
home: /Users/D034603/Documents/git/ispares/ispares/node_modules/@sap/cds
cds.root: /Users/D034603/Documents/git/ispares/ispares
npm root -l: /Users/D034603/Documents/git/ispares/ispares/node_modules
npm root -g: /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules
Node.js: 24.16.0
CAP Java SDK: 4.9.0
cds4j: 4.9.0
Spring Boot: 3.5.14
Maven: 3.9.16, home:/opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.16/libexec
Java: 26.0.1, home:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/sapmachine-jdk.jdk/Contents/Home
OS: Mac OS X, 26.5.1, arch:aarch64

Project: ispares-cds

Could you please help me fixing this issue?

Best regards,
Michael.