If you have administrative rights to the computer and you need to change Node version frequently, you can open two shells to work effectively: NVM for Windows requires administrator privilege when you need to switch the active Node version using the nvm use command. Once done, reinstall NVM in a location that doesn’t require administrator permissions, and try running the nvm use command again. Remove any existing Node.js in your computerĪny version of Node.js you installed using Node’s official installer or Chocolatey will conflict with NVM, so you need to remove any existing versions of Node.js on your computer before installing NVM.įirst, uninstall NVM from your computer, then uninstall any versions of Node.js still available on your system.
I recommend you create a new folder in C:/nvm or D:/nvm to resolve this error. If you already installed NVM in this folder, then you need to reinstall the program in another folder. Windows require admin privilege when accessing this folder to prevent unauthorized modification to the computer. The administrator permission is usually required only when you install NVM in C:\Program Files. The Windows 11 version has the same Developer Mode option as the Windows 10 19043 as well, so it won’t help to resolve the error. It doesn’t grant you the elevated permission to create symlinks. Then simply this simply allows you to switch your Node versions, also the ability to use install commands.This version of Developer Mode only allows you to install apps from any source. Nvm ls List versions (installed versions are blue)Ī simple install by downloading and running the nvm-setup.zip. It allows you to easily install and manage multiple versions of node. The Node Version Manager. You can find it at Upon this realisation, I completed a quick search and stumbled across a useful tool that can be installed on your Windows machine: The project I was working on required me to update my version of Node.js a pretty straightforward process, until I then returned to an older project that was dependent on an earlier version of Node.
Today I’m going to be exploring how to manage multiple installations of Node.js on a windows computer following an issue I recently came across whilst working on a project.
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