Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'

[MubarakSULAYMAN]

I just reinstalled node and I have been having issues with npm...

C:\Users\Mubarak>node -v
v10.13.0

C:\Users\Mubarak>npm -v
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:582
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:580:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:506:25)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:741:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:285:19)
at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:739:3)
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:582
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:580:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:506:25)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:741:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:285:19)
at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:739:3)

[Hakerh400]

Related: #1271

[Trott]

Conflicting versions of Node.js/npm installed? @nodejs/platform-windows

(Transferring to help repo.)

[refack]

Hello @MubarakSULAYMAN, a good place to start is to run where node and where npm. If you find a degenerate node installation, remove it then uninstall and install your desired node version.

[lovelldies]

Running npm i npm -g does the trick sometimes.

[TerenceSperringerJr]

Ah, I had a similar problem with the linux-x64 version v10.15.3 on the Ubuntu subsystem for Windows 10, and suspect it is probably the same problem across multiple platform distributions.
The issue is the scripts for npm and npx aren't even calling the correct files and are also using relative paths incorrectly!

I did the following to fix:

1. Locate nodejs bin
   Ubuntu Example:

which node
/usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64/bin/node

2. Navigate to NodeJS bin
   Ubuntu Example:

cd /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64/bin

3. View the problematic scripts
   Ubuntu Example:

cat npm
../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js

cat npx
../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js

4. Shake/smack head
   Ubuntu Example:

🤦‍♀️

5. Rename (or remove) the bad files
   Ubuntu Example:

mv npm npm-wrong

mv npx npx-wrong

6. Replace bad files with relative symbolic links to the correct locations
   Ubuntu Example:

ln -s ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm npm

ln -s ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx npx

7. Also add a symbolic link to the node_modules directory itself, because another broken reference occurs without it
   Ubuntu Example:

ln -s ../lib/node_modules/ node_modules

8. Test
   Ubuntu Example:

cd ../../..

pwd
/usr/local/lib

npm version
{ npm: '6.4.1',
  ares: '1.15.0',
  cldr: '33.1',
  http_parser: '2.8.0',
  icu: '62.1',
  modules: '64',
  napi: '3',
  nghttp2: '1.34.0',
  node: '10.15.3',
  openssl: '1.1.0j',
  tz: '2018e',
  unicode: '11.0',
  uv: '1.23.2',
  v8: '6.8.275.32-node.51',
  zlib: '1.2.11' }

9. Post about discovery on Github Issue Tracker
   Example:
   Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js' #1618 (comment)

[gireeshpunathil]

ping @MubarakSULAYMAN - is your problem solved?

[gireeshpunathil]

inactive, closing

[8ctopotamus]

Updating to the latest version of NPM fixed it for me. npm install npm@latest -g

[suniel26]

reboot your C:/ drive , worked out for me !

[Andraide]

In the case you are in Windows Subsystem for Linux, just have to close an re open the terminal.
That work for me.