nodejs will not enable corepack: operation not permitted

Question

I have installed nodejs and i am trying to enable corepack with corepack enable but it gives me this error on windows:

Internal Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\pnpm'
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\pnpm'

I can not find the pnpm folder is is refering to in the nodejs folder and i have tried to npm install -g pnpm which did install pnpm

how do I fix this?

sorry it is windows i will add it to the post – Nadia Hansen Jan 04 '22 at 10:11 — Nadia Hansen, Jan 04 '22 at 10:11

score 74 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '22 at 10:15

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Try running the cmd as administrator

answered Jan 04 '22 at 10:15

Ikdemm

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This worked! I bet someone was sloppy about checking whether copying the files succeeded. – Alexander Riccio Jan 26 '22 at 21:32
I'm happy it was useful for you :) – Ikdemm Jan 27 '22 at 11:38
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It didn't work for me, i installed node via nvm on windows. – saner Apr 27 '22 at 16:56
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It seems it *has* to be a Command Prompt, too. An elevated PowerShell prompt didn't work for me but a Command Prompt did. – Boggin Jun 27 '22 at 14:08
its not working for me, i tried running from administraotr. still having the same error – Maryam Naveed Aug 05 '22 at 10:42
@MaryamNaveed it should be another thing not related to permissions then ... Are you sure that's the error you're getting? – Ikdemm Aug 07 '22 at 17:50
@Ikdemm yes same error – Maryam Naveed Aug 08 '22 at 08:35

nodejs will not enable corepack: operation not permitted

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