How to include the path for the node binary npm was executed with

Question

Windows, VSC, Running npm start got this

npm WARN lifecycle The node binary used for scripts is C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe but npm

Answer 1

Having this issue in Visual Studio 2017, I instead told VS to always use the NodeJS that I had installed from nodejs.org rather than the frozen-in-time one that ships with Visual Studio. (The one that shipped with VS2015 is so ancient it doesn't really work anymore.)

In Visual Studio, go to TOOLS > OPTIONS > search for EXTERNAL WEB TOOLS > and ensure "C:\Program Files\nodejs" (or wherever nodejs.org installed it) is first in the list of paths, adding it if necessary.