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

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I tried running npm install -g angular-cli

I also tried adding it to the Enviorment Variables under PATH: (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\angular-cli\bin\ng) , with no success also.

Does this answer your question? [ng is not recognized as an internal or external command](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37991556/ng-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command) — Vadzim, May 25 '21 at 12:31
for me, this solved the problem: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/1183 — lingar, Dec 27 '21 at 10:00
Might take a look at this tutorial: [ng not recognized as an internal or external command](https://semicolon.dev/angular/how-to-fix-ng-is-not-recognized-as-internal-command-error) — InfiniteStack, Jul 08 '23 at 22:48

score 135 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '17 at 10:36

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You can also try:

 > npm run ng <command>

answered Aug 05 '17 at 10:36

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score 76 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 05 '19 at 04:57

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I had the same issue on Windows7. I resolved it setting correct path.

First find ng.cmd file on your System. It will usually at:
```
E:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\npm
```
Set PATH to this location.
Close existing command window and open new one
Type
```
ng version
```

Also remember to install angular with -g command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

edited Dec 05 '19 at 04:57

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answered Jul 15 '18 at 12:22

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This should be the valid answer. – Jero Dungog Oct 18 '18 at 04:10
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I had to also add the E:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@angular\cli folder to the path in order for it to work – th3morg Feb 15 '19 at 16:06
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executing npm install -g @angular/cli solved my issue. Thanks for the answer – Rajan Sep 10 '19 at 13:58

score 72 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 25 '21 at 21:21

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This error is simply telling you that Angular CLI is either not installed or not added to the PATH. To solve this error, first, make sure you’re running Node 6.9 or higher. A lot of errors can be resolved by simply upgrading your Node to the latest stable version.

Open up the Terminal on macOS/Linux or Command Prompt on Windows and run the following command to find out the version of Node you are running:

node --version

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answered Jun 21 '17 at 07:55

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It didn't for me; could anyone advise please? – Maha Rizk May 09 '18 at 07:24
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in the windows command i tried "npm run ng build" and it worked fine thank you – Maha Rizk May 09 '18 at 07:26
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`npm run ng test` in the command prompt give me: npm ERR! missing script: ng . I installed @angular/cli globally (npm install -g @angular/cli) – Alex 75 Dec 02 '18 at 20:44

score 50 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 30 '17 at 08:21

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You should not add C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\angular-cli\bin\ng to your PATH. There is only a javascript file which you cannot use in terminal.

You need ng.cmd which is probably located at %AppData%\Roaming\npm. Make sure this path is included in your PATH variable.

edited Dec 30 '17 at 08:21

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answered Jun 21 '17 at 08:12

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i had done something similar, added /node_modules in path. Thanks – Zameer Fouzan Sep 13 '18 at 14:46
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`%AppData%\Roaming\npm` should be `%AppData%\npm` – Chamika Sandamal Mar 04 '19 at 12:06
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@ChamikaSandamal It depends on your setup. In this case, OP has `prefix` of `npm` set to `%AppData%\Roaming\npm` – Bunyamin Coskuner Mar 05 '19 at 10:56

Himanshu Dhiraj Mishra · Answer 5 · 2017-09-11T16:32:51.603

I was with the same problem and now discovered a working solution. After successful installation of node and angular CLI do the following steps.

Open C:\usr\local and copy the path or the path where angular CLI located on your machine.

Now open environment variable in your Windows, and add copied path in the following location:

Advanced > Environment Variable > User Variables and System Variables as below image:

That's all, now open cmd and try with any 'ng' command:

score 11 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 27 '17 at 04:48

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You should add the path where ng.cmd located. By default, it should be located on C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm

NB: Here "user" may vary as per your pc username!

edited Oct 27 '17 at 04:48

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score 8 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 16 '18 at 14:15

make sure environment variables are set properly.

control panel-> system->advanced system settings-> select advanced Tab->
click on environment variables

and make sure in the path below line is available

`C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm`

here username will get changed based on the user

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still if its not working yourenvironment variables are not getting reflected so please restart your machine it will work fine

if still you are facing issue your angular cli is not installed properly

please run below commands for reinstalling

   npm uninstall -g @angular/cli

    npm cache clean    or   npm cache clean  --force

    npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

`npm install -g @angular/cli@latest` command worked for me. Thanks — Ish, Apr 21 '22 at 04:45

score 7 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 19 '18 at 08:56

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Just adding a little info to the previous answers, If you have windows 7 or above then go to start and search Node.js command prompt and you will be directly shown the app. Click on it, and start working by using that command prompt for angular.

answered Jul 19 '18 at 08:56

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Thanks, man! It solved my problem in which I was stuck for days – Tabish Hafeez Jan 06 '23 at 15:54

score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 13 '19 at 09:57

This answer is based on the following answer by @YuSolution https://stackoverflow.com/a/44622211/4567504.

In my case Installing MySQL changed my path variable and even after reinstalling @angular/cli globally many times I was not able to fix the issue.

Solution:

In command prompt, run the following command

npm config get prefix

A path will be returned like

C:\Users{{Your_Username}}\AppData\Roaming\npm

Copy this path and go to ControlPanel > System and Security > System, Click on Advanced System settings, go to advanced tab and select environment variable button like

Now in User Variables box click on Path row and edit and in variable value box paste your copied path.

Restart the command prompt and it will work

score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 18 '20 at 07:35

note: you may lose values once system restarts.

You can also add system environment variables without Admin rights in Windows 10.

now don't restart, close any opened cmd or powershell, reopen cmd and test by ng version command if you see this it is confirmed working fine.

hope this helps

Dhanik Lal Sahni · Answer 11 · 2018-03-24T15:41:33.610

If angular cli is installed and ng command is not working then please see below suggestion, it may work

In my case problem was with npm config file (.npmrc ) which is available at C:\Users{user}. That file does not contain line registry https://registry.npmjs.org/=true. When i have added that line command started working. Use below command to edit config file. Edit file and save. Try to run command again. It should work now.

npm config edit

waseem asgar · Answer 12 · 2019-01-18T17:49:42.123

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You don't need to set any path. Follow the below step to resolve the problem-

Step 1- go to

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming and delete npm, npm-update and npm-cache folder

Step 2- run

npm install -g @angular/cli@yourangularversion again.

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answered Jan 18 '19 at 17:44

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score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Feb 26 '19 at 15:22

No need to uninstall angular/cli.

You just need to make sure the PATH to npm is in your environment PATH and at the top.

C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\npm

Then close whatever git or command client your using and run ng-v again and should work

score 2 · Answer 14 · edited Aug 06 '19 at 10:03

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I have tried with this below Steps and its working fine:-

Download latest version for nodejs, it should work

edited Aug 06 '19 at 10:03

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answered May 17 '19 at 04:38

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I tried reinstalling angular cli and messing with Windows PATH, neither worked. Installing latest version of nodejs as suggested fixed my problem. – hamid reza May 12 '20 at 06:47

score 2 · Answer 15 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 02:48

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I just installed angular cli and it solved my issue, simply run:

npm install -g @angular/cli

answered Apr 07 '20 at 02:48

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Feb 01 '19 at 15:06

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What worked for me was that I was missing an file

.npmrc

which is located under

C:\Users\username

That file should contain

prefix=$(APPDATA)\npm

Also my environment path was pointing to my admin user

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score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Aug 10 '19 at 18:35

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npm update solves the issue for me

answered Aug 10 '19 at 18:35

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kuldeep chopra · Answer 18 · 2020-06-14T14:57:48.750

This issue also bother me and then i find possible cases to reproduce this issue

when i run my window in administrator then it working fine ng but when i run this in my second space like other user then i got this issue.

so if i want to run my angular application then i need to run this command

npm run ng serve which is working but when i run the command with --host npm run ng server --host IP it not working given some error

so i find some possible solution 1. go appdata and then user\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm folder then copy this path but if you using other user account user\newuser\AppData\Roaming\npm folder you can copy this npm folder from other user i.e admin user account. if you do not want to copy this folder then copy the path of ****user\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm folder**** folder and then open your environment variable setting and add this path in path variable name

enter this path in system path variable not user variable C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm

and run the command prompt as administrator then run ng command it will work

score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Jan 03 '21 at 07:41

Short answer:

Just install the latest version of nodejs and then restart your system.

more description:

It's related to Environment variables in your system at least as far as I know, you can make changes in path variable in your system as others talked about it in the current thread but the easiest way to solve this is installing nodejs!

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

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