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Unable to run cookiecutter to generate dash-component-boilerplate

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

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Start by reproducing the cookiecutter command shown on Windows and inspect the pre_gen_project hook named in the error. Determine why the hook reports that the path cannot be found; done means the dash-component-boilerplate project generates successfully without the hook failure.

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Description

Here is the error I get when extracting the dash component boilerplate:

C:\Users\jvanga\git>cookiecutter https://github.com/plotly/dash-component-boilerplate.git
You've downloaded C:\Users\jvanga.cookiecutters\dash-component-boilerplate before. Is it okay to delete and re-download it? [yes]: yes
project_name [my dash component]: my-dash-component
project_shortname [my_dash_component]:
component_name [MyDashComponent]:
jl_prefix []:
r_prefix []:
author_name [Enter your first and last name (For package.json)]: Jnaneswar Vanga
author_email [Enter your email (For package.json)]: jvanga@ford.com
github_org []:
description [Project Description]: dash boilerplate to create custom components
Select license:
1 - MIT License
2 - BSD License
3 - ISC License
4 - Apache Software License 2.0
5 - GNU General Public License v3
6 - Not open source
Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 [1]: 1
publish_on_npm [True]: False
install_dependencies [True]:
The system cannot find the path specified.
ERROR: Stopping generation because pre_gen_project hook script didn't exit successfully
Hook script failed (exit status: 1)

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