Ng serve does not detect file changes made

[owlstack]

I've encountered an issue with angular cli/webpack where if I make some changes in my project and save the changes but webpack doesn't compile it again automatically. I run ng serve --open, then webpack compiles usually after every change/save I make. Now, it's just stuck on the last step and never recompiles. I have to manually terminate the process then run the command again to get it to work.

Versions

Angular CLI: 1.7.3
Node: 8.11.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular:
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Windows 10 Server (remote desktop that I connect to on my macbook pro)

Repro steps

• Clone your angular project, set up nodejs, angular-cli and then run ng serve --open.
• Make some code changes and save code changes
• webpack doesn't automatically pick up the changes to recompile.

I'm having the exact same issue here:
#2389

Unfortunately, all solutions point to Linux whereas I have a windows machine.

I use Visual Studio Code for my text editor.

EDIT: I tested the same solution on my mac machine (not the windows server machine) and webpack compilation is working fine. I think it's related to running the code/environment on a windows server machine.

[ojpbay]

I have the same issue. If I delete the dist folder I can see this isn't getting repopulated on a change, when ng serve is running. If I stop and do a ng build obviously it works but that seems like a drag to do every time. Did you get any resolution to your Windows issue?

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