Error: Cannot find module 'node-windows'

[ardz]

Sorry, not sure if this a bug maybe more a question, apologies in advance. I followed the instructions for installing via npm, but when I try and run anything I just get the following error:

module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'node-windows'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object. (F:\REngine\tools\node\services.js:1:76)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10

have also tried adding the path's to windows env. vars, adding the node-windows module to the project folder - same error? any help appreciated

[coreybutler]

Did you do npm install -g node-windows? It should be installed globally.

This sounds like a path problem with your node/npm install.

[ardz]

Hi Corey, I'm not 100% sure I did that the first time I installed it, I did definitely do that when I re-installed it (I hadn't removed the previous install however, does that matter?)

Just did the following in cmd window:

path > c:\paths.txt

end of paths.txt shows:

C:\Program Files\nodejs;F:\Vagrant\bin;C:\Users\ardz\AppData\Roaming\npm

Update,

Also tried giving the full path to the module in the node script like so:

var wincmd = require('C:\Users\ardz\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-windows');

Still throws the same error.

Update

Reinstated everything fresh to a completely new machine, did 'npm install -g node-windows' - same error. The machines are 64bit if that matters?

Thanks

[ardz]

This was entirely my error, I completely missed the step:

'npm link node-windows' in the project folder. Well I'm an idiot!

Thank you for this great module! :)

[coreybutler]

No worries, glad you got it figured out!