'node' is not recognized as an internal or an external command, operable program or batch file while using phonegap/cordova

Question

I am using phonegap/cordova.

Everthing is installed propelry i.e cordova, phonegap, ant,sdk,jdk.

But now it says "node is not recogzed as an internal or external command"

Answer 1

In Windows, you need to set node.js folder path into system variables or user variables.

1) open Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables

2) in "User variables" or "System variables" find variable PATH and add node.js folder path as value. Usually it is C:\Program Files\nodejs;. If variable doesn't exists, create it.

3) Restart your IDE or computer.

It is useful add also "npm" and "Git" paths as variable, separated by semicolon.

Answer 2

Great answers, but you could just open the command prompt and type in

SET PATH=C:\Program Files\Nodejs;%PATH%

Answer 3

Worked for me by running the command prompt as an administrator

Answer 4

Add a system variable named "node", with value of your node path. It solves my problem, hope it helps.

Answer 5

If you install Node using the windows installer, there is nothing you have to do. It adds path to node and npm.

You can also use Windows setx command for changing system environment variables. No reboot is required. Just logout/login. Or just open a new cmd window, if you want to see the changing there.

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\nodejs"

Answer 6

As you're using Windows, installation should automatically edit the %PATH% variable. Therefore, I suspect you simply need to reboot your system after installing.

Answer 7

If you already have node installed, your path variable is set up and you suddenly start getting this error; try updating to the latest version.

This worked for me going from 6.9.2 to 6.10.

Answer 8

Be aware that the Path is case sensitive. I tried setx PATH and it didn't work. In my case it was setx Path. Make sure your CMD run as Administrator.

setx Path "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\nodejs"

Now just restart your command prompt (or restart the PC) and the node command should be available.

Answer 9

Also, try to run nvm on to turn on the node. Worked for me.

Answer 10

In windows search bar type "enviroment variable" open it and set path

C:\Program Files\nodejs;

After adding path in system enviroment variable, If problem still occurs then follow steps

• Close cmd and open new cmd, try "node" command.
• For VS code close all windows and reopen then try "node" command.
• If above steps didn't work then restart system.(this one worked for me)

Answer 11

In my case, I'm using NVM and it installed Node v16.2.0, which for some reason has node.exe named as node64.exe. I changed it to node.exe and everything just worked.

Answer 12

In my case I was using nvm-windows and JetBrains Rider. The required paths were specified in environment variables, but MSBuild wasn't picking them up. Apparently I haven't rebooted my PC after installing NVM. Rebooting the PC fixed the problem.