node is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I ve been working with node js v0 6 3  locally installed on Windows Vista at C  Program Files Nodejs  I recently upgraded to  by running the installer for  v0 6 6  It seemed like it worked for a while  but now if I try to run node from any directory I get a       node  is not recognized as an internal or external command   message  though running node from C  Program Files Nodejs does work    I tried rebooting  removing node  reinstalling  reinstalling 0 6 3 - nothing seems to work  I just don t get why node fails to recognize system path  though node works from its base dir

User · Answer

I set the NODEJS variable in the system control panel but the only thing that worked to set the path was to do it from command line as administrator.

SET PATH=%NODEJS%;%PATH%

Another trick is that once you set the path you must close the console and open a new one for the new path to be taken into account.

However for the regular user to be able to use node I had to run set path again not as admin and restart the computer

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Nodejs s installation adds nodejs to the path in the environment properties incorrectly   By default it adds the following to the path   C  Program Files nodejs    The ending   is unnecessary  Remove the   and everything will be beautiful again

User · Answer

Try adding C  Program Files Nodejs to your PATH environment variable  The PATH environment variable allows run executables or access files within the folders specified  separated by semicolons    On the command prompt  the command would be set PATH  PATH  C  Program Files Nodejs

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Go to the folder in which you have Node and NPM  such as C  Program Files  x86  nodejs   and type the following    gt  set path  PATH   CD   gt  setx path   PATH     From http   www hacksparrow com install-node-js-and-npm-on-windows html

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Watch out for other paths ending in   too  I had this      bin C  Program Files Microsoft Web Platform Installer  C  Program Files nodejs    and changed it to this   bin C  Program Files Microsoft Web Platform Installer  C  Program Files nodejs   removing the final    but it still didn t work  The previous path  for the Web Platform Installer  had a trailing   too  Removing that fixed the problem

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Make sure nodejs in the PATH is in front of anything that uses node

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Everytime I install node js it needs a reboot and then the path is recognized

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Node is missing from the SYSTEM PATH  try this in your command line  SET PATH C  Program Files Nodejs  PATH    and then try running node  To set this system wide you need to set in the system settings - cf - http   banagale com changing-your-system-path-in-windows-vista htm  To be very clean  create a new system variable NODEJS  NODEJS  C  Program Files Nodejs    Then edit the PATH in system variables and add  NODEJS   PATH  NODEJS

[windows] 'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command

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