Unable to use Browsershot rendering driver in Laravel

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What happened?

{
    "message": "The command \"node \"C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\vendor\\spatie\\browsershot\\src/../bin/browser.cjs\" \"{\"\"url\"\":\"\"file:\/\/C:\\\\Users\\\\ilies\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\2083680388-0911245001691514906\\\\index.html\"\",\"\"action\"\":\"\"pdf\"\",\"\"options\"\":{\"\"args\"\":[],\"\"viewport\"\":{\"\"width\"\":800,\"\"height\"\":600},\"\"displayHeaderFooter\"\":true,\"\"width\"\":\"\"210mm\"\",\"\"height\"\":\"\"297mm\"\",\"\"landscape\"\":false,\"\"margin\"\":{\"\"top\"\":\"\"25.4mm\"\",\"\"right\"\":\"\"25.4mm\"\",\"\"bottom\"\":\"\"25.4mm\"\",\"\"left\"\":\"\"25.4mm\"\"},\"\"headerTemplate\"\":\"\"\"\",\"\"footerTemplate\"\":\"\"\"\",\"\"printBackground\"\":true,\"\"scale\"\":1}}\"\" failed.\n\nExit Code: 1(General error)\n\nWorking directory: C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\public\n\nOutput:\n================\n\n\nError Output:\n================\n'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n",
    "exception": "Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Exception\\ProcessFailedException",
    "file": "C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\vendor\\spatie\\browsershot\\src\\Browsershot.php",
    "line": 953,
    "trace": [
        {
            "file": "C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\vendor\\spatie\\browsershot\\src\\Browsershot.php",
            "line": 658,
            "function": "callBrowser",
            "class": "Spatie\\Browsershot\\Browsershot",
            "type": "->"
        },
        {
            "file": "C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\vendor\\elaborate-code\\row-bloom\\src\\Renderers\\BrowsershotRenderer.php",
            "line": 60,
            "function": "base64pdf",
            "class": "Spatie\\Browsershot\\Browsershot",
            "type": "->"
        },
        {
            "file": "C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\vendor\\elaborate-code\\row-bloom\\src\\RowBloom.php",
            "line": 58,
            "function": "render",
            "class": "ElaborateCode\\RowBloom\\Renderers\\BrowsershotRenderer",
            "type": "->"
        },
        {
            "file": "C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\vendor\\elaborate-code\\row-bloom\\src\\RowBloom.php",
            "line": 44,
            "function": "render",
            "class": "ElaborateCode\\RowBloom\\RowBloom",
            "type": "->"
        },
        {
            "file": "C:\\Dev\\row-bloom-app\\app\\Http\\Controllers\\RenderController.php",
            "line": 46,
            "function": "get",
            "class": "ElaborateCode\\RowBloom\\RowBloom",
            "type": "->"
        },
        {"...": "..."}
    ]
}

How to reproduce the bug

Use the package in Laravel

Package Version

0.2.0-beta

PHP Version

8.1.7

Laravel Version

10.18

Which operating systems does with happen with?

Windows

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Might be related to web server process user and OS permissions

spatie/browsershot#771

[Sleywill]

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