npm command : Cannot find module npm-cli.js

Question

Since today I can't use any npm command.

Here's what I get everytime:

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\Adrien\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:582:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:508:25)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:754:12)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:622:3)

I use Windows 10. The commands for node work. I tried to uninstall Node.js, change the path in environment variables, but nothing changes...

Everything worked fine until I work on my new React.js project and got errors.

I have no npm folder in C:\Users\Adrien\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules

Thank you for your help.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '19 at 15:21

Okay, so I solved my problem thanks to @LOTUSMS that answered to himself here.

In summary :

Uninstall Node.js from Programs & Features.
Reboot the computer.
Delete every node and npm folders :
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodejs
- C:\Program Files\Nodejs
- C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\npm (or %appdata%\npm)
- C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache (or %appdata%\npm-cache)
- C:\Users\{User}\.npmrc (and possibly check for that without the . prefix too)
Remove all npm or node references in the environment variable.
"If it's still not uninstalled, type where node at the command prompt and you'll see where it resides -- delete that (and probably the parent directory) too."
Reboot the computer
Install Node.JS and NPM from beginning.

It's was the only way for me, thanks a lot ! – benCat Mar 15 '21 at 19:50 — benCat, Mar 15 '21 at 19:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '20 at 10:01

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Simply just restart your PC, refresh code editor and run the command.

answered Feb 27 '20 at 10:01

Shubham Jain

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This worked for me as well. It started probably after a Win10 update. – Arno van Oordt Jun 26 '20 at 06:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 10 '19 at 20:56

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The issue is due to wrong path of node in system variable. Please make sure that points to the right directory.

answered Mar 10 '19 at 20:56

trizin

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I tried paths as : C:\Users\Adrien\AppData\Roaming\npm , C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm and it's still not working. However NodeJS works. – renadr Mar 17 '19 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 07 '21 at 15:49

Spent the past 24 hrs trying to resolve this and good now:

Go to settings - apps - node.js.

Here, two options prevail, 'modify' or 'unistall', select 'modify' and then press the 'repair' button which appears on the next dialogue window. Doing so will re-install a complete set of the files.

Go to PwerShell (Windows) or Bash (Mac) and type in 'npm -v', you should get a positive return, i.e., a display of the npm version number successfully installed.

I needed to resolve this as a pre-requisite to installing Truffle to support my Ethereum development environment.

npm command : Cannot find module npm-cli.js

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