Visual Studio 2017 External Tools npm Not working

Question

I have a typescript project that requires npm 3+. I\'ve install it to C:\\Program Files\\nodesjs, and I set my system environment variables to point there.

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Answer 1

For your Node installation folder, I'm assuming you meant:

C:\Program Files\nodejs NOT
C:\Program Files\nodesjs

Also, you're testing the npm version from the Package Manager Console. I'm not sure that respects your external tools configuration (but rather a Powershell Profile) so the result there may not change.

Instead, with your project open, you should be able to right-click on the npm node under Dependencies in Solution Explorer and select Restore Packages. In your Output window (Bower/npm), you should see the npm install command being executed from your machine-wide Node installation:

"C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD" install