diff --git a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1 b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
index cc31b86b53..4ab0234b15 100644
--- a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
+++ b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
+
 # Set-PSDebug -Trace 1
 
 # stop existing service if any
@@ -22,11 +24,16 @@ $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION="-3.9"
 # Refresh environment variables for py and npx to work
 $env:Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","Machine") + ";" + [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","User") 
 
+# Workaround Windows Node no longer creating %APPDATA%\npm which causes npx to fail
+# Fixed in newer versions of NPM but not the one bundled with 20.11.1
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/53538
+npm i -g npm
 
 py $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install --upgrade pip
 py $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions typing opencv-python
 
 $SCRYPTED_INSTALL_VERSION=[System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("SCRYPTED_INSTALL_VERSION","User")
+
 if ($SCRYPTED_INSTALL_VERSION -eq $null) {
   npx -y scrypted@latest install-server
 } else {
@@ -41,6 +48,8 @@ npm install --prefix $SCRYPTED_HOME @koush/node-windows --save
 $NPX_PATH = (Get-Command npx).Path
 # The path needs double quotes to handle spaces in the directory path
 $NPX_PATH_ESCAPED = '"' + $NPX_PATH.replace('\', '\\') + '"'
+# On newer versions of NPM, the NPX might be a .ps1 file which doesn't work with child_process.spawn, change to .cmd
+$NPX_PATH_ESCAPED = $NPX_PATH_ESCAPED.replace('.ps1', '.cmd')
 
 $SERVICE_JS = @"
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -54,6 +63,8 @@ child_process.spawn('$NPX_PATH_ESCAPED', ['-y', 'scrypted', 'serve'], {
     stdio: 'inherit',
     // allow spawning .cmd https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/april-2024-security-releases-2
     shell: true,
+}).on('error', (err) => {
+    console.error('Error spawning child process', err);
 });
 "@
 
@@ -99,6 +110,9 @@ svc.on("install", () => {
 svc.on("start", () => {
   console.log("Service started");
 });
+svc.on("error", (err) => {
+  console.log("Service error", err);
+});
 svc.install();
 "@