Global npm install location on windows

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I m not 100  sure  but I believe I installed node v5 from the windows installer on both my home and office PCs   On my home PC global installs happen under  APPDATA     dev  go c  srv gt  which lessc c  users bjorn appdata roaming npm lessc c  users bjorn appdata roaming npm lessc cmd   while on my office PC  they go under program files    dev  go w  srv gt  which lessc c  program files nodejs lessc c  program files nodejs lessc cmd   I need to provide the full path to a number of these global tools to PyCharm s file watcher  and since the project file i shared it would make sense to not have global resources under a user folder   Why would the global installs end up in different folders  and how can I force them to a location that is common to all team members

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Just press windows button and type  APPDATA  and type enter   Above is the location where you can find  npm node modules folder  This is where global modules sit in your system

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These are typical npm paths if you install a package globally   Windows XP -              USERPROFILE  Application Data npm node modules Newer Windows Versions -  AppData  npm node modules or -                      AppData  roaming npm node modules

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According to  https   docs npmjs com files folders        Local install  default   puts stuff in   node modules of the current    package root    Global install  with -g   puts stuff in  usr local or wherever node is    installed    Install it locally if you re going to require   it    Install it globally if you re going to run it on the command line   -  If you need both  then install it in both places  or use npm link          prefix Configuration      The prefix config defaults to the location where node is installed  On   most systems  this is  usr local  On windows  this is the exact   location of the node exe binary    The docs might be a little outdated  but they explain why global installs can end up in different directories    dev  go c  srv gt  npm config ls -l   grep prefix   prefix    C   Program Files  nodejs   overridden  prefix    C   Users  bjorn  AppData  Roaming  npm    Based on the other answers  it may seem like the override is now the default location on Windows  and that I may have installed my office version prior to this override being implemented   This also suggests a solution for getting all team members to have globals stored in the same absolute path relative to their PC  i e   run as Administrator    mkdir  PROGRAMDATA  npm setx PATH   PROGRAMDATA  npm  PATH    M npm config set prefix  PROGRAMDATA  npm   open a new cmd exe window and reinstall all global packages   Explanation  by lineno      Create a folder in a sensible location to hold the globals  Microsoft is adamant that you shouldn t write to ProgramFiles  so  PROGRAMDATA  seems  like the next logical place  The directory needs to be on the path  so use setx     M to set the  system path  under HKEY LOCAL MACHINE    This is what requires you to run this in a shell with administrator permissions  Tell npm to use this new path   Note  folder isn t visible in  PATH  in  this shell  so you must open a new window

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If you re just trying to find out where npm is installing your global module  the title of this thread   look at the output when running npm install -g sample module       npm install -g sample module C  Users user AppData Roaming npm sample module -    C  Users user AppData Roaming npm node modules sample module bin sample module js     sample module 5 1 0 updated 1 package in 2 821s

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