{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/10357","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/10357/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/10357/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/10357/events","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/10357","id":116540588,"number":10357,"title":"windows xp installation is no good  (or \"npm search prompt\"  fails)","user":{"login":"nirmalksamuel","id":7623186,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7623186?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel","html_url":"https://github.com/nirmalksamuel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-11-12T12:31:18Z","updated_at":"2015-11-13T16:44:42Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Steps to recreate the problem  (OR what i did so far):\r\n1. Reference https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/25370  to see how my first installation attempt got messy.  I do not think this issue is related to that, but i thought i will reference it anyway.\r\n2. Went to  *c:\\Documents And Settings\\<USERNAME>\\Application Data*  directory and removed all directories  related to npm.\r\n3. Uninstalled  node.js using Windows Control Panel.  \r\n4. Reboot machine & install node 4.x.x  stable version.\r\n5. Reboot machine again.\r\n6. Start  node.js  command prompt and issue the command  `npm  search prompt`.  The machine has nothing running after reboot and has 4GB  RAM,  but gives the error as seen in attached image.\r\n7. Afterwards, i tried `npm init` and  while going through the default fields (name, version, description...),  i got a prompt saying  `entry point: (.mongorc.js)`.   I did have a mongoDB related package installed when i was using the previous node.js installation (that was done in summer 2014). But, how did npm know about it, after i completely uninstalled  node.js in previous steps ? Obviously the uninstall process is not cleaning up registry entries of prior versions. \r\n\r\n![screenshot 2015-11-12 03 13 27](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7623186/11118368/2f47be14-88f6-11e5-819d-1c6ff2270aa3.png)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/comments/156483799","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/10357#issuecomment-156483799","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/10357","id":156483799,"user":{"login":"nirmalksamuel","id":7623186,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7623186?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel","html_url":"https://github.com/nirmalksamuel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nirmalksamuel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-13T16:44:42Z","updated_at":"2015-11-13T16:44:42Z","body":"I continued with *npm init*  and  *npm install prompt -S*  followed by running a sample program called *solve.js*.  Here is the output i got.  I see a *prompt* directory under $APPDATA\\npm-cache, but under c:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules  i see only a directory called npm.  Can someone point me to solution. Thanks.\r\n![screenshot 2015-11-13 07 41 04](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7623186/11151580/c3864ca2-89e2-11e5-851c-d1d0adbf520c.png)\r\n![screenshot 2015-11-13 08 32 31](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7623186/11151579/c38384f4-89e2-11e5-8543-0a3aeb52aae3.png)\r\n"}}