How to include the path for the node binary npm was executed with

Question

Windows, VSC, Running npm start got this

npm WARN lifecycle The node binary used for scripts is C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe but npm is using C:\somewhere\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node\bin\node.exe itself. Use the --scripts-prepend-node-path option to include the path for the node binary npm was executed with.

I understand it means my local version is diff from the one in the PATH variable (C:\Program Files...). How do proceed to tell it to use --scripts-prepend-node-path?

I played a trick by replacing the C:\Program Files\nodejs with C:\somewhere\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node\bin in PATH variable, it does pick up that new node.exe got but there is no node binary in the current PATH. Again recommend to use the --scrip ts-prepend-node-path option to include the path for the node binary npm was executed with

Answer 1

Like I said, replacing the actual path in PATH system variable didn't fix the problem completely, it still complained about binary is missing. Found this solved the there is no node binary in the current PATH problem. So I restored the original PATH, then:

Simply create a file at the root folder of the app, called .npmrc, place this line into it:

scripts-prepend-node-path=true

Answer 2

Here's another way that works: npm config set scripts-prepend-node-path auto