Change default global installation directory for node.js modules in Windows?

Question

In my windows installation PATH includes C:\\Program Files\\nodejs, where executable node.exe is. I\'m able to launch node

Answer 1

• Step 1:

  npm config get prefix

  • Default Path is : %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm

• Step 2:

  npm config get cache

  • Default Path is : %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache

• Step 3:

  npm config set prefix \npm

  • example npm config set prefix C:\\dev\\node\\npm

• Step 4:

  npm config set cache \npm-cache

  • example npm config set cache C:\\dev\\node\\npm-cache

Run steps 1 & 2 again to check whether the paths are updated as required

That's it. Whenever you install global packages you should see them installed inside \npm\node_modules