CodeceptJS v4 not working on Windows after default init

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I do clean init on Windows 11 (arm)

create empty folder
in this folder:
PS F:\bender\codecept4> npm install codeceptjs playwright --save-dev
npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated rimraf@2.4.5: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated glob@6.0.4: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated glob@8.1.0: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated whatwg-encoding@3.1.1: Use @exodus/bytes instead for a more spec-conformant and faster implementation
npm warn deprecated @xmldom/xmldom@0.9.8: this version has critical issues, please update to the latest version
npm warn deprecated glob@10.5.0: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated glob@10.5.0: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me

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PS F:\bender\codecept4>
npx codeceptjs init
f:\bender\codecept4>npx codeceptjs run

Could not include object I from module 'f:\bender\codecept4\steps_file': Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'f:'

Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]: Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'f:'
at throwIfUnsupportedURLScheme (node:internal/modules/esm/load:199:11)
at defaultLoadSync (node:internal/modules/esm/load:146:3)
at #loadAndMaybeBlockOnLoaderThread (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:770:12)
at #loadSync (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:790:49)
at ModuleLoader.load (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:756:26)
at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:488:31)
at #getOrCreateModuleJobAfterResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:549:36)
at afterResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:597:52)
at ModuleLoader.getOrCreateModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:603:12)
at node:internal/modules/esm/loader:622:32

f:\bender\codecept4>node --version
v24.16.0

PS F:\bender\codecept4> cat .\package.json
{
"devDependencies": {
"@types/node": "^25.9.1",
"codeceptjs": "^4.0.3",
"playwright": "^1.60.0",
"tsx": "^4.22.4",
"typescript": "^6.0.3"
}
}
PS F:\bender\codecept4> cat .\steps_file.ts
// in this file you can append custom step methods to 'I' object
import { actor } from 'codeceptjs';

export default function() {
return actor({

// Define custom steps here, use 'this' to access default methods of I.
// It is recommended to place a general 'login' function here.

});
}
PS F:\bender\codecept4> cat .\tsconfig.json
{
"ts-node": {
"files": true
},
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "es2018",
"lib": ["es2018", "DOM"],
"esModuleInterop": true,
"module": "commonjs",
"strictNullChecks": false,
"types": ["codeceptjs", "node"],
"declaration": true,
"skipLibCheck": true
},
"exclude": ["node_modules"]
}
PS F:\bender\codecept4> cat .\codecept.conf.ts
export const config: CodeceptJS.MainConfig = {
tests: './tests/*_test.ts',
output: './output',
helpers: {
Playwright: {
browser: 'chromium',
url: 'http://localhost',
show: true
}
},
include: {
I: './steps_file'
},
noGlobals: true,
plugins: {},
name: 'codecept4',
require: ['tsx/cjs']
}
PS F:\bender\codecept4>