Fixing npm path in Windows 8 and 10

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Have done a lot of googling  tried reinstalling node js using the official installer  but my npm pathing still doesn t work   This doesn t work  npm install foo   I get an error message saying missing module npm-cli js  2 hours of googling later I discovered a workaround Instead of simply  npm  I type   node C  Program Files nodejs node modules npm bin npm-cli js   But how can I correct my nodejs install so I can simply type  npm

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If after installing your npm successfully, and you want to install VueJS then this is what you should do

after running the following command (as Admin)

npm install --global vue-cli

It will place the vue.cmd in the following directory C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\npm

you will see this in your directory.

Now to use vue as a command in cmd. Open the cmd as admin and run the following command.

setx /M path "%path%;%appdata%\npm"

Now restart the cmd and run the vue again. It should work just fine, and then you can begin to develop with VueJS.

I hope this helps.

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If  like me  you have MSYS NO PATHCONV   1 configured as a user variable for Git Bash  this issue will be triggered  To workaround  you can either remove this variable or use a different shell  PowerShell  for npm

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You need to Add C  Program Files nodejs to your PATH environment variable  To do this follow these steps    Use the global Search Charm to search  Environment Variables  Click  Edit system environment variables  Click  Environment Variables  in the dialog  In the  System Variables  box  search for Path and edit it to include C  Program Files nodejs  Make sure it is separated from any other paths by a      You will have to restart any currently-opened command prompts before it will take effect

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I did this in Windows 10    Search for Environment Variables in the Windows search  Edit the System environment variables  option will be popped in the result Open that  select the  Path  and click on edit  then click  New  add your    nodeJS Bin path i e in my machine its installed in c  programfiles nodejs node modules npm bin Once you added click  Ok  then close   Now you can write your command in prompt or powershell   If you using WIndows 10  go for powershell its a rich UI

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steps 1  in the user variable and system variable     C  Program Files nodejs   then check both node -v  and the npm -v then try to update the the npm i -g npm

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Edit the System environment variables  and enter following path    C  Program Files nodejs node exe   C  Users  yourName  AppData Roaming npm

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When you re on Windows but running VS Code in Windows Subsystem for Linux like this  linux user   home  code    you actually want to install NodeJs on Linux with   linux user   home  sudo apt install nodejs  Installing NodeJs on Windows  modifying PATH and restarting will get you no results

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Try this one dude if you re using windows   1   Search environment variables at your start menu s search box   2   Click it then go to Environment Variables    3   Click PATH  click Edit  4   Click New and try to copy and paste this  C  Program Files nodejs node modules npm bin  If you got an error  Do the number 4   Click New  then browse the bin folder   You may also Visit this link for more info

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I ve had this issue in 2 computers in my house using Windows 10 each  The problem began when i had to change few Environmental variables for projects that I ve been working on Visual studio 2017 etc   After few months coming back to using node js and npm I had this issue again and non of the solutions above helped   I saw Sean s comment on Yar s solution and i mixed both solutions  1  at the environmental variables window i had one extra variable that held this value   APPDATA  npm  I deleted it and the problem dissapeared

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I have used the cmdlet and navigate to the path you want to switch your npm files to  Type in npm root -g to see what the current path your npm is installed to  Next use npm config set prefix and your npm path will be changed to whatever directory you are currently on

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get the path from npm   npm config get prefix  and just as a future reference  this is the path I added in Windows 10   C  Users  yourName  AppData Roaming npm     Update   If you want to add it for all users just add the following path  by  glenn-lawrence from the comments     AppData  npm

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add Environment Path to      C  Program Files nodejs node exe C  Users your username  AppData Roaming npm

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This worked for me  1  npm root -g  to see the current npm is installed  2  npm config set prefix  to change the path

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change the path for nodejs in environment varibale

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I may be a total noob but I had no clue I had to install npm-cli first  I had just assumed I already had it   npm install --global vue-cli

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Installed Node Version Manager  NVM  for Windows  https   github com coreybutler nvm-windows  I m using Windows 10 - 64 bit so I run    Commands    nvm arch 64   to make default the 64 bit executable  nvm list      to list all available node versions  nvm install 8 0 0   to download node version 8 0 0 - you can pick any  nvm use 8 0 0   to use that specific version    In my case I had to just switch to version 8 5 0 and then switch back again to 8 0 0 and it was fixed   Apparently NVM sets the PATH variables whenever you do that switch

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Go to control panel -  System -  Advanced System Settings then environment variables   From here find the path variable  Go to the end of the line and paste  C  Program Files nodejs node modules npm bin   change the path to the directory to where ever you installed it e g  if you specifically installed it anywhere change it

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If you can t work with npm packages  you propably has bad config with npm install packages  you try this    Run the following command in your terminal to revert back to the default registry  npm config set registry https   registry npmjs org    https   docs npmjs com misc config registry

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You can follow the following steps   Search environment variables from start menu s search box  Click it then go to Environment Variables Click PATH click Edit Click New and try to copy and paste your path for  bin  folder  find where you installed the node  for example according to my machine  C  Program Files nodejs node modules npm bin   If you got any error  try the another step   Click New  then browse for the  bin  folder

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