Fixing npm path in Windows 8 and 10

Question

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

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Answer 1

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.