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

[Derek Barnes]

Hey all,

I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working through
the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".

Everything is fine until Ch. 6 which says to install Express:

npm install -g express

That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I check
the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.

Next I type:

express express_example

...and get the error:

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

I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.

Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?

[greelgorke]

you should repost it in the nodejs group since it's a general node/npm
issue not an express issue:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/nodejs

Post by Derek Barnes
Hey all,
I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working through
the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".
npm install -g express
That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I check
the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.
express express_example
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.
Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?

[Paul Vencill]

I think the command is different for windows, but I'm not on a windows env
so I'm not sure what it should be

Post by Derek Barnes
Hey all,
I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working through
the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".
npm install -g express
That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I check
the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.
express express_example
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.
Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?
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[Angel Java Lopez]

Ah!

Maybe you have not NPM global modules in your path

Try add c:\Users\<youruser>\AppData\Roaming\npm to your path

I had a similar issue in one machine, Windows 8. I installed node.js with
user A, I can use Node.js with user B, and NPM too. But in User B, I had to
manually add the above folder to my path.

Angel "Java" Lopez
@ajlopez

Post by Paul Vencill
I think the command is different for windows, but I'm not on a windows env
so I'm not sure what it should be

Post by Derek Barnes
Hey all,
I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working through
the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".
npm install -g express
That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I
check the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.
express express_example
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.
Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?
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[Derek Barnes]

Yup...this was it. Thanks so much!

Post by Angel Java Lopez
Ah!
Maybe you have not NPM global modules in your path
Try add c:\Users\<youruser>\AppData\Roaming\npm to your path
I had a similar issue in one machine, Windows 8. I installed node.js with
user A, I can use Node.js with user B, and NPM too. But in User B, I had to
manually add the above folder to my path.
Angel "Java" Lopez
@ajlopez

Post by Paul Vencill
I think the command is different for windows, but I'm not on a windows
env so I'm not sure what it should be

Post by Derek Barnes
Hey all,
I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working
through the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".
npm install -g express
That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I
check the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.
express express_example
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.
Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?
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[kikit]

I have facing the same problem and also follow the instruction given by

Paul but i still getting the same error...... Plz help ...

[Jonathan Ong]

you want to install the generator
now: https://github.com/expressjs/generator#quick-start

Post by Derek Barnes
Hey all,
I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working through
the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".
npm install -g express
That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I check
the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.
express express_example
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.
Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?

[@nk]

Hi,
try to run command

npm install -g express-generator

this will install additional files for Express 4.X
then run the command prompt as administrator
and try to execute express command to see it works

express -h


It worked for me
if it doesn't works
reinstall node.js
and try again.
for more information check out
this http://cwbuecheler.com/web/tutorials/2013/node-express-mongo/

Post by Derek Barnes
Hey all,
I'm completely new to Express and Node.js in general. I'm working through
the book "Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours".
npm install -g express
That seems to go fine...bunch of stuff looks like it's installing. I check
the folder it has installed to
(C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express) and there
are a bunch of files as expected.
express express_example
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
I'm working under Windows 7 Enterprise.
Any thoughts why I can't get this to work?