After installing serverless on Windows 10, I can't run "serverless" at the command prompt

Question

I installed NodeJS, which seems to work fine. Running npm worked fine and I could install packages. Then I ran

npm install serverless -g

which also ran fine. But when I try to run:

serverless

at the windows command prompt, I get an error about the command not being found.

'serverless' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I've included the answer is below.

Possible duplicate of [fixing npm path in Windows 8](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27864040/fixing-npm-path-in-windows-8) — DrakaSAN, Nov 02 '16 at 16:46
@DrakaSan My npm was working just fine. It's the things npm was installing that weren't working. — Ryan Shillington, Nov 02 '16 at 18:00

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '16 at 16:28

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The issue for me was that I was missing the following directory in my Windows PATH env variable:

%AppData%\npm

Once I added that, I could run serverless, sls, etc.

answered Nov 02 '16 at 16:28

Ryan Shillington

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I am facing the same problem. I added the path, but still serverless commands are unrecognized in my machine. Any suggestions? – Niveditha Karmegam Oct 03 '17 at 05:38
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Looks like you found a solution. Glad it worked out! – Ryan Shillington Oct 03 '17 at 18:33
After that, just restart Windows !! Thanks for the help. I spent 2 hours – Ruslan Novikov Nov 19 '20 at 18:17
I think you just need to restart the console, not the whole computer. – Boommeister Dec 17 '21 at 14:05

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '17 at 05:58

This is probably a stupid answer, but might help someone i hope.

I was facing the same problem, even after adding the path. I found that my AppData folder was hidden somehow, making it available fixed the issue for me. (also after making the changes don't forget to open a new CMD :D )

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '19 at 10:36

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I had the same issue, when i run the Command Prompt as Administrator it works fine.

answered Feb 26 '19 at 10:36

Rolwin Crasta

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 17 '21 at 14:03

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I have a stupid answer, too: I had used nvm to change my node version last week. I had changed back to the same version in the meantime, but you still have to install serverless again then.

answered Dec 17 '21 at 14:03

Boommeister

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '23 at 15:01

I just run below command and its working fine for me:

This command is for installing serverless-offline which helps to run serverless application on local system npm install serverless-offline --save-dev

and then,

This command is for solving 'serverless' is not recognized as an internal... issue

npm install -g serverless

After installing serverless on Windows 10, I can't run "serverless" at the command prompt

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