Comfy Desktop v0.8.6 fails to start with the following errors

[2026-02-22 12:21:47.909] [error] Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\Win-11\AppData\Local\Programs\ComfyUI\resources\ComfyUI\main.py”, line 179, in

[2026-02-22 12:21:47.911] [error] import execution
File “C:\Users\Win-11\AppData\Local\Programs\ComfyUI\resources\ComfyUI\execution.py”, line 18, in
import comfy.model_management
File “C:\Users\Win-11\AppData\Local\Programs\ComfyUI\resources\ComfyUI\comfy\model_management.py”, line 251, in
total_vram = get_total_memory(get_torch_device()) / (1024 * 1024)
^^^^^^
[2026-02-22 12:21:47.912] [error] ^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\Win-11\AppData\Local\Programs\ComfyUI\resources\ComfyUI\comfy\model_management.py”, line 201, in get_torch_device
return torch.device(torch.cuda.current_device())

[2026-02-22 12:21:47.913] [error] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\Win-11\Documents\ComfyUI.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\cuda_init_.py”, line 1094, in current_device

[2026-02-22 12:21:47.914] [error] lazy_init()
File "C:\Users\Win-11\Documents\ComfyUI.venv\Lib\site-packages\torch\cuda_init
.py", line 417, in _lazy_init
raise AssertionError(“Torch not compiled with CUDA enabled”)
AssertionError: Torch not compiled with CUDA enabled