Installing Node.js (and npm) on Windows 10

Question

I had some issues trying to install Node on Windows 10 and found the solution.

The error was as follows:

C:\\Users\\Stephan>npm
Error: E

Answer 1

In addition to the answer from @StephanBijzitter I would use the following PATH variables instead:

%appdata%\npm
%ProgramFiles%\nodejs

So your new PATH would look like:

[existing stuff];%appdata%\npm;%ProgramFiles%\nodejs

This has the advantage of neiter being user dependent nor 32/64bit dependent.