Node Nodemon Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\Git\node_modules\nodemon\bin\nodemon.js'

Question

I am a beginner at NodeJS stuff.
Environment is Windows 7 64 Bit.
Node is installed and working.
NPM is also working fine.
Nodemon is installed. (In App and also Globally)

Now when I run the command:

"nodemon server.js" or just "nodemon"

it gives the following error:

module.js:549
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\Git\node_modules\nodemon\bin\nodemon.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:609:3

I don't understand what this means? And why is it looking inside the Git folder?
Does it have to do anything with Environment Variable? But Node and NPM are both working fine.
Any ideas/suggestion/solution?

Below is my "server.js" file in case you need for reference.

var express = require("express");
var bodyParser = require("body-parser");
var morgan = require("morgan");
var path = require("path");

var app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.use(function (req, es, next) {
    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST");
    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With, content-type, Authorization");
    next();
});

app.use(morgan("dev"));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + "/app"));
app.get("*", function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + "/index.html"));
});

app.listen(8080);
console.log(">>>>> App is Running <<<<<");

have you installed nodemon? I recommend you not install it globally. Use command npm install --save nodemon. Then go to your package.json, put this line in your scripts "server": "nodemon server.js". Finally, npm run server to run your app — dnp1204
Write a Nodejs Script that just console.log("hello") and run that with nodemon (no other includes, no logic) and see what happens — akaphenom
Hey Guys. I tried everything. Installing Locally, installing globally, running App with just "console.log()". Even altering "package.json" file. But no matter what, it's giving the same error when I run any command with nodemon. — Ankit Prajapati
I inserted the line "start": "nodemon server.js" in the scripts section of package.json. Now, when I run the command "npm start", it is Working. This is similar to what is suggested by @dnp1204. I don't know what was the issue with the current configuration, but this worked. Thanks to all of you for trying to help me out. Appreciated. — Ankit Prajapati
It seems that, this is an issue with MINGW64. If I utilize Windows CMD to run the commands, everything is working fine. Hope this might helps somebody. — Ankit Prajapati

harun ugur harun ugur · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-24T09:19:36

remove node_modules in your project and than install reagain nodemon module, run below commands;

rm -rf node_modules
npm install -g npm@latest
npm i nodemon

Node Nodemon Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\Git\node_modules\nodemon\bin\nodemon.js'

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