ETIMEDOUT Error while installing Node packages on Windows

Question

I am trying to install node packages on my windows machine using npm from a fresh install of node.

however, I am getting ETIMEDOUT errors. I checked few other stacko

Answer 1

First, run npm config list and check whether you are behind a proxy. If so, try running

npm config delete proxy
npm config delete http-proxy
npm config delete https-proxy

as required

**If this method did not work, reinstall nodejs.