Bower is not recognized as internal or external command

Question

I know the question has been asked many times but really none of them helped me. I'm on windows 10 and have successfully installed bower via npm using the following code

npm install -g bower

I've added the path to system environment variable but still getting the same error bower is not recognized as internal or external command.

I've added the following path into my system environment variable

C:\Users\habib\AppData\Romaing\npm

While when I try

  npm config get prefix
 C:\Users\habib\AppData\Romaing\npm

When I try

npm bower -v

I get the bower version

Tried this as well This

Neither of them worked for me.

Why is that so?

Are you sure that `bower` binary is located within `C:\Users\habib\AppData\Romaing\npm`? — mic4ael, Oct 31 '15 at 16:17
@mic4ael I've checked the directory and it contains following folder — Basheer Kharoti, Oct 31 '15 at 16:18
sorry nop that's not a directory but it is cmd file while node_modules is only a directory which contains another folder bower.... — Basheer Kharoti, Oct 31 '15 at 16:21
@mic4ael Thank you man I just set the path in users environment variable aswell and it worked.. between thanks for your comments — Basheer Kharoti, Oct 31 '15 at 16:36

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 23 '17 at 14:53

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I've tried set the Path variable value in Users Environment variable to the same as for System Environment variable and it worked...

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm

edited Jan 23 '17 at 14:53

m.rufca

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answered Oct 31 '15 at 16:38

Basheer Kharoti

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 06:17

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I've edited the path variable in the environment variables and set it up to the following path and it has worked for me.

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower

answered Mar 08 '17 at 06:17

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 03 '16 at 09:45

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For windows users -> If even after adding the path to the environment variables , it doesnt work , try using bower through a git bash shell instead of the windows command prompt. . Mine worked that way.

answered Oct 03 '16 at 09:45

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 21 '17 at 10:49

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Set user variable path - C:\Program Files\Nodejs and set system variable path - C:\Users\pk-03\AppData\Roaming\npm

answered Mar 21 '17 at 10:49

Banish Chandel

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Bower is not recognized as internal or external command

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