npm - EPERM: operation not permitted on Windows
This is occurring because windows is not giving permission to the user to create a folder inside system drive. To solve this:
Right Click
The Folder > Properties > Security Tab
Click on Edit to change Permissions > Select the user and give Full Control to that user.
Running this command was my mistake.
npm config set prefix /usr/local
Path /usr/local
is not for windows. This command changed the prefix variable at 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local'
To access and make a change to this directory I need to run my cmd as administrator.
So I did:
- Run cmd as administrator
- Run
npm config edit
(You will get notepad editor) - Change
prefix
variable toC:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\npm
Then npm start
works in a normal console.