Installing node.js v6.11.2 does not install proper npm version on windows 7

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I'm finding that when I attempt to install node.js v6.11.2 on my Windows 7 machine, it is installing the wrong version of npm along with it. I've downloaded the installer directly from node.js' website where it states that 6.11.2 includes npm 3.10.10. However, when I check my npm version using

npm -v

it says I have version 2.12.0 and throws the following at me:

(node:4916) fs: re-evaluating native module sources is not supported. If you are using the graceful-fs module, please update it to a more recent version.

Do you have an old version installed? You can update to v4 with `npm install -g npm@^4`. (v5 is buggy). — Andy, Aug 15 '17 at 13:41
node -v says v6.11.2. I'll try and update to v4 and see what happens. — Matt, Aug 15 '17 at 13:44
Attempting to update to v4 of npm throws an error. "process.getuid is not a function." — Matt, Aug 15 '17 at 13:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '17 at 15:04

So after completely removing node.js from my computer and re-installing node.js, I now have the proper expected version of npm. I followed the answer here on how to completely remove it from my computer. I had to go and manually delete the folders in user/appdata/roaming. I guess they weren't included as part of the uninstall process.

Installing node.js v6.11.2 does not install proper npm version on windows 7

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