diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/main/env-utils.ts b/apps/frontend/src/main/env-utils.ts
index 5f592c05..d30e293a 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/main/env-utils.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/main/env-utils.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ export const COMMON_BIN_PATHS: Record<string, string[]> = {
     // Windows usually handles PATH better, but we can add common locations
     'C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd',
     'C:\\Program Files\\GitHub CLI',
+    // Node.js and npm paths - critical for packaged Electron apps that don't inherit full PATH
+    'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs',                  // Standard Node.js installer (64-bit)
+    'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs',            // 32-bit Node.js on 64-bit Windows
+    '~\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\nodejs',        // NVM for Windows / user install
+    '~\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm',                   // npm global scripts (claude.cmd lives here)
+    '~\\scoop\\apps\\nodejs\\current',            // Scoop package manager
+    'C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\bin',           // Chocolatey package manager
   ],
 };