Here is my report to Quixel support @Jonathan.Holmes - support@quixel.com
See problem Quixel Bridge Failed to restart background service - Development Discussion / Unreal Engine 5 Early Access - Unreal Engine Forums
I looked at my system and UE 4.27 wants me to download Node.js, which then meant I could no longer access as described above in UE5EA
It upset my Quixel UE50EA as described above
I “Uninstalled” Node.JS and now Quixel works again.
What is really difficult to understand is the preferred option for Visual Studio
is to load Node.js package from the installer no the Web site.
http://nodejs.org/en/download which is different version from Visual Studio version
Why does this conflict with Quixel and can the node.js be configured to stop annoying network errors
In summary I don’t have any node.js package as I am not interested in 4.26/4.27 only UE5.0 EA
Thanks
Jimbo
The support ticket is
" Quixel Support Notice, re: Quixel integration for UE5EA breaks when Node.js package loaded for UE 4.27 - ticket #93684"