{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9806","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9806/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9806/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9806/events","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/9806","id":109247258,"number":9806,"title":" npm install -g express-generator error on windows 7 ","user":{"login":"muhabalwan","id":5458873,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5458873?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan","html_url":"https://github.com/muhabalwan","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/muhabalwan/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-10-01T07:51:20Z","updated_at":"2015-10-04T02:30:02Z","closed_at":null,"body":" I am new to node.js npm and all of its related stuff.\r\nI am following up some tutorials and in one of them it was mentioned t install express-generator.\r\nnow when I enter this command  npm install -g express-generator\r\nthe following shows: \r\n__\r\n\r\n$ npm install -g express-generator\r\nnpm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601\r\nnpm ERR! argv \"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\nodejs\\\\node.exe\" \"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\nodejs\\\\node_modules\\\\npm\\\\bin\\\\npm-cli.js\" \"install\" \"-g\" \"express-generator\"\r\nnpm ERR! node v4.1.1\r\nnpm ERR! npm  v3.3.4\r\n\r\nnpm ERR! Invalid name: \".node\"\r\nnpm ERR!\r\nnpm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:\r\nnpm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>\r\n\r\nnpm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:\r\nnpm ERR!     C:\\Program Files\\Git\\npm-debug.log\r\n____\r\nI thought it their might be problems with writing permissions on C:\\ Drive \r\nSo my user has full authority on C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\nodejs\\\\node.exe\" \"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\nodejs\\\\  using the  iCacls command \r\nbut that did not help ...\r\nDoes anyone have any recommendation or advice\r\n![capture](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5458873/10215464/eec9707a-6821-11e5-819b-e3c72abaf41e.PNG)\r\n on how to fix this issue here \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/comments/145311136","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/9806#issuecomment-145311136","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9806","id":145311136,"user":{"login":"smartmouse","id":4519627,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4519627?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse","html_url":"https://github.com/smartmouse","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smartmouse/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-04T02:30:02Z","updated_at":"2015-10-04T02:30:02Z","body":"You mentioned that you are using windows 7, are you using a Cygwin environment or a native command prompt?\r\nDo you have the required prereq\r\n"}}