Error while running npm “prefix -g is not recognized as an internal or external command”

Question

\'CALL \"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe\" \"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js\" prefix -g\' is not recognized as an internal or external com

Answer 1

I had the same issue. Mine also printed this issue.

error file C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe;

seems I screwed up my comSpec in my environmental variables.
The ";" at the end of that line was causing the error.