After node reinstalled: "Cannot find module 'internal/util/types' "

Question

So I had removed node from my computer (mostly, I thought) a couple months ago, and today I reinstalled it. Node's working okay, but when I try to test npm I get this message:

$ npm
module.js:549
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'internal/util/types'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at evalmachine.<anonymous>:31:26
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\LG\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\fs.js:11:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)

I tried using "npm rebuild" as I've seen suggested, but that has no impact on anything. I'm using Node v8.11.2 on Windows (hell if I know what version of NPM). Any clues?

Check out this stackoverflow solution https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40308623/cannot-find-module-internal-fs-after-upgrading-to-node-7/40406482#40406482 — Ashok JayaPrakash, May 20 '18 at 04:22

Sajeetharan · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-20T04:26:20.647

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In windows,

Step 1: Go to \global_modules\node_modules, (C:\Users\youruser\AppData\Roaming\npm ) (C:\Users\youruser\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache)
Step 2: Delete the "npm" folder and all its contents,
Step 3: Go to https://nodejs.org,
Step 4: Download the "Recommended For Most Users" version),
Step 5: Install it

edited May 20 '18 at 04:26

answered May 20 '18 at 04:16

Sajeetharan

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"/global_modules/"... where is this? – L.C.J May 20 '18 at 04:20
C:\Users\youruser\AppData\Roaming\npm C:\Users\youruser\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache – Sajeetharan May 20 '18 at 04:22
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I do not see global_modules in either of those folders – L.C.J May 20 '18 at 04:24
I had similar issues, i had to delete the AppData\Roaming\npm and AppData\Roaming\npm-cache folders. Then after re-installing node, I can do the npm command without that error. – CAMD_3441 Oct 16 '19 at 12:48

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '18 at 04:02

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For me this worked.

delete package-lock.json

npm i graceful-fs
npm i vinyl-fs

answered Jul 22 '18 at 04:02

cbyte

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After trying several things I think that fix was delete package-lock.json -thx – Adam Mendoza Aug 19 '18 at 02:30

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '18 at 12:24

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From your terminal, run

rm -rf ./node_modules

npm update

npm install npm@latest -g

or

sudo npm install npm@latest -g

These should help fix your problem.

answered May 20 '18 at 12:24

antzshrek

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 19 '18 at 15:25

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Had this same problem. Solved it by going to %AppData% and deleting npm and npm-cache folders.

answered Oct 19 '18 at 15:25

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After node reinstalled: "Cannot find module 'internal/util/types' "

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