nodejs npm global config missing on windows

Question

I can\'t find at all where npm has its global settings stored.

npm config get userconfig

C:\\Users\\Jack\\.npmrc

npm config get glo

Answer 1

How to figure it out

Start with npm root -- it will show you the root folder for NPM packages for the current user. Add -g and you get a global folder. Don't forget to substract node_modules.

Use npm config / npm config -g and check that it'd create you a new .npmrc / npmrc file for you.

Tested on Windows 10 Pro, NPM v.6.4.1:

Global NPM config

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc

Per-user NPM config

C:\Users\%username%\.npmrc

Built-in NPM config

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\npmrc

References:

• https://docs.npmjs.com/files/npmrc
• https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config
• https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/root.html