[Frédéric]

Hi,

When starting CodeMix, I can read a message telling that a new minor version of NPM is available.
I just have to execute : npm install -g npm to update

But when I do this, I’ve got the following error message :

$ npm install -g npm

npm ERR! path C:UsersLoveg.webclipsenodejs10.16.3npm.cmd
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! Refusing to delete C:UsersLoveg.webclipsenodejs10.16.3npm.cmd: is
outside C:UsersLoveg.webclipsenodejs10.16.3node_modulesnpm and not a lin
k
npm ERR! File exists: C:UsersLoveg.webclipsenodejs10.16.3npm.cmd
npm ERR! Move it away, and try again.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:UsersLovegAppDataRoamingnpm-cache_logs2020-02-22T09_30_48_
360Z-debug.log

It seems the update doesn’t want to delete old files, maybe because they actually are used by the current running version of NPM.

Is there a better way to update ?

Thanx

[support-swapna]

Frederic,

Sorry that you are seeing this issue.

Can you please check if any of the suggestions in the below threads discussing similar issue help?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46541371/npm-err-refusing-to-delete-code-eexist
https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/issues/13

–Swapna
Genuitec Support

[support-swapna]

Frederic,

Just checking – were you able to resolve the reported issue?

–Swapna
Genuitec Support

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