How can I update npm on Windows?

Answer 1

This is what worked for me.

1. Open a local folder other than the one in which nodejs is installed.
2. Install npm in that folder with command npm install npm
3. Navigate to the folder containing node js. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules)
4. Delete the npm folder and replace it with the npm and bin folders in the local folder.
5. Run npm -v. Now you would get updated version for npm.

Note: I tried installing npm directly in "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules" but it created errors.