npm command does nothing - windows

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there are a lot of people here asking the same question and I tried almost all the answers but nothing worked for me ..

The problem is , I can't run any npm command, I installed node js from the windows installer here , and when I write any npm command for example: "npm install" or "npm start" nothing happens, I tried reinstalling and removing paths from environment variables but no luck..

I also tried Upgrading npm on Windows from this link , when I write this command

npm install --global --production npm-windows-upgrade

nothing happens , just like any other npm commands.. I tried also fixing this issue by what was written in the same page here but no luck also :(

What seems to be the problem guys ? thank you so much

Those are the paths that I have in environment variables now:

user variables path: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\npm
system variables path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\

What does 'nothing happens' mean? No error message at all? Has the folder that npm has been installed to not been added to the path? — Ian G
– Ian G, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 10:10
no error message , no lines , nothing at all :) .. the path has been added to the path — Ahmad Yousef
– Ahmad Yousef, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 10:11
No npm -v doesn't work, but node -v works fine , it gives me this v4.4.7 — Ahmad Yousef
– Ahmad Yousef, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 10:17
OK, all I can see by way of suggestions is uninstalling node, deleting the contents of all the user folders etc. and re-installing. Sorry! :( — Ian G
– Ian G, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 10:19

tecop · Accepted Answer · 2024-04-15 11:53:46Z

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In my case it was a problem with a wrong path to a certificate.

My fix:

Open "%USERPROFILE%/.npmrc" file
Delete the line with the wrong path to the certificate

answered Apr 15, 2024 at 11:53

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Tocy777 Over a year ago

I found your answer after literal hours of googling and this was exactly what went wrong in mine.

user31638661 Oct 6 at 16:01

this work for me. Thanks

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:32:39Z

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It turned out that there was an old version of Node.js installed on this PC before.

So to solve this problem I had t reinstall and uninstall several versions of Node.js from here until one of then worked..

This helped me

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:32

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answered Jul 20, 2016 at 11:48

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