nodejs issue: trying to install with npm with windows and getting eacces error

Question

I'm getting an error when trying to install a package with npm and I'm getting EACCES permission denied C:\Program Files\nodejs

I'm running 'npm install mongoose' for example and getting this error when running in that directory.

I'm new to this so any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should change the permissions on the folder nodejs is installed and give full access to your normal user account. You should avoid running npm as an administrator.