C:\Users\GF63>pm2 start app.js
connect EPERM //./pipe/rpc.sock
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=C:\Users\GF63\.pm2
node:events:491
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: connect EPERM //./pipe/rpc.sock
    at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1300:16)
Emitted 'error' event on ReqSocket instance at:
    at Socket.<anonymous> (C:\Users\GF63\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pm2\node_modules\pm2-axon\lib\sockets\sock.js:201:49)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -4048,
  code: 'EPERM',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '//./pipe/rpc.sock'
}

Node.js v18.11.0