[Issue]: When Installing NPM looking at wrong folder location

[kdhaliwal2023]

What happened?

C:\Windows\System32>nvm install 8.16
Downloading node.js version 8.16.2 (64-bit)...
Complete
Downloading npm...
Creating C:\Users\KDHALI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nvm-install-2522360210\temp

Downloading npm version 6.4.1... Complete
Installing npm v6.4.1...
error installing 8.16.2: open C:\Users\KDHALI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nvm-npm-444768952\npm-v6.4.1.zip: The system cannot find the file specified.

What did you expect to happen?

System should pick a value from same temp folder.

Version

1.2.0 or newer (Default)

Which version of Windows?

Windows 11+ (Default)

Which locale?

None

Which shell are you running NVM4W in?

Command Prompt

User Permissions?

Administrative Privileges, Elevated

Is Developer Mode enabled?

No (Default)

Relevant log/console output

C:\Windows\System32>nvm install 8.16
Downloading node.js version 8.16.2 (64-bit)...
Complete
Downloading npm...
Creating C:\Users\KDHALI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nvm-install-2522360210\temp

Downloading npm version 6.4.1... Complete
Installing npm v6.4.1...
error installing 8.16.2: open C:\Users\KDHALI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nvm-npm-444768952\npm-v6.4.1.zip: The system cannot find the file specified.

Debug Output

C:\Windows\System32>nvm debug
Running NVM for Windows with administrator privileges.

Windows Version:        10.0 (Build 22631)

NVM4W Version:          1.2.0
NVM4W Path:             C:\Users\kdhaliwal\AppData\Local\nvm\nvm.exe
NVM4W Settings:         C:\Users\kdhaliwal\AppData\Local\nvm\settings.txt
NVM_HOME:               C:\Users\kdhaliwal\AppData\Local\nvm
NVM_SYMLINK:            C:\nvm4w\nodejs
Node Installations:     C:\Users\kdhaliwal\AppData\Local\nvm
Default Architecture:   64-bit
Mirrors:                No mirrors configured
HTTP Proxy:             none

Total Node.js Versions: 1
Active Node.js Version: none
(run "nvm use <version>" to activate a version)
NVM_SYMLINK does not exist yet. This is auto-created when "nvm use" is run.

IPv6 is enabled. This has been known to slow downloads significantly.

No problems detected.

⚠️  We are currently building Author/Runtime to succeed NVM for Windows.


Find help at https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/wiki/Common-Issues

Anything else?

No response

[slience-me]

Yes, I encountered the same issue. npm was downloaded to the \Temp\nvm-install-\temp folder, but it seems that the installation process didn't use this path to extract it.

[adavsisbe]

There's a PR for this already

#1220

[VJDEXTRE]

The message I received was:
"Running NVM for Windows with administrator privileges.
Error getting console handle: The operation completed successfully
Windows Version: 10.0 (Build 19045)"

[AnyFork]

me too!

[PickledKitty]

Same here, for what it's worth.

[AnyFork]

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[p3rb3r]

Went back to v1.1.12 and all good again

https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases/tag/1.1.12