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Update NPM with NVM Windows
I think this is more of a previous npm version bug than nvm one.
However, to update npm delete in nvm/[node version] folder (for me it is v10.15.3) following files:
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\npm
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\npm.cmd
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\npx
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\npx.cmd
Rename npm folder to npm2
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\node_modules\npm2
Open any console with admin rights (or even right mouse click on vscode shortcut, than right mouse click on Visual Studio Code and hit Run as administrator) and type commands:
cd C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\node_modules\npm2\bin
node npm-cli.js i -g npm@latest
Done.
Delete C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\[node version]\node_modules\npm2 folder.
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