I\'m using Windows 7 64bit and I install Bower with
npm install -g bower
It seems to install correctly.
npm http GET https://re
Check your version of node, I was running on v0.10.15
then updated to v0.10.35
and that fixed the issue for me.
Check if C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local
is added to your Path Environment Variable.
Same problem but for me I had to add the Path Environment Variable that pointed to the AppData/Roming/ folder. I have no idea why node.js would install npm in the Roming folder. If I didn't have hidden folders turned on we never would have found it.
C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm;
Then npm works from Node.js command prompt, and bower works from GitBash.