nodejs module.js:340 error: cannot find module

Question

I installed nodejs in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs

then I created a .js file and saved it in my desktop just to output \'hello world\' in the console:

Answer 1

While i tried to run my first node application i had encountered the same issue but when i tried to see what the issue might be it was the path of the file. I was running the node .js from different location and hence encountered the issue. When i fixed the path this worked fine.