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

The default global folder is C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\npm. You can create (if it doesn't exist) a .npmrc file in C:\Users\{username}\ and add prefix = "path\\to\\yourglobalfolder". Note that, in windows, the path should be separated by double back-slash.