[BUG] Cannot install npm latest on Windows Node.js 14

[peterjuras]

Hi,

When running Node.js 14 on Windows, updating npm to the latest version (now 9) fails. Could you please investigate and fix the cause of this?

Issue that surfaced this: actions/setup-node#623

[darcyclarke]

@peterjuras could you please use our issue template. We need certain information to be able to properly debug/reproduce (ex. current version of npm / node environment/config information etc.) - there may be something unique about your situation which we aren't aware of.

[wraithgar]

This is an npm 6 bug. You are going to have to leapfrog from a version of npm that npm 6 can install (i.e. npm 8) and from there install 9. We will be updating #5862 so folks can more easily know about this.