Node.js doesn't run HelloWorld Program in Windows 7

Question

I have followed many tutorials and many question on stackoverflow as well, but nothing is working from mine side.

I have make file in C: Directory name hello.js which contain
console.log("Hello world!");

but when i am trying to run in cmd

node Hello.js;

or

node C:\Hello.js

it throws something like that

 C:\Node\hello.js:1 (function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { ?
                                                               ^

 SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

     at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
     at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
     at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
     at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
     at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
     at startup (node.js:139:18)
     at node.js:968:3

What i am missing, please explain?

Check if the file doesn't have any special characters.

Dushyant Joshi
– Dushyant Joshi

2016-11-15 10:23:48 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2016 at 10:23 — Dushyant Joshi
– Dushyant Joshi, Commented Nov 15, 2016 at 10:23

Dushyant Joshi · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-16 08:15:13Z

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It seems to be some problem with your node installation.

edited Nov 16, 2016 at 8:15

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answered Jul 13, 2016 at 9:02

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Dushyant Joshi Over a year ago

You would have posted this as a comment

Hannan Over a year ago

@DushyantJoshi i know i could have posted as a comment but unfortunately StackOverflow is not allowing me because i dont have reputation of 50

Harshal Bhamare · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-15 10:15:39Z

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npm update probably would have done it too. Looks like a bad version of node got published and you hit npm at just the wrong time .

edited Nov 15, 2016 at 10:15

answered Nov 15, 2016 at 9:57

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Dushyant Joshi Over a year ago

How does lodash come into the picture?

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