npm ERR! addLocal could not install in windows - node.js

Question

Just started a new job and have to run node on windows (where all my coworkers are using OSX, which runs fine checking it out fresh)
When npm, I kept getting addLocal could not install, where it seems like it is trying to access temp directory in %APPDATA% (which does not any special permission) Where my coworker using same version of node and npm (but in mac) would not see any of these.
I have also tried downgrade node to 10.35, but I am getting another problem. Does anyone has any idea what might be the case?
Here is the stdout:
C:\Users\litehsu\workspace\myworkspace>npm install
npm WARN package.json Dependency 'grunt-sonar-runner' exists in both dependencies and devDependencies, using 'grunt-sonar-runner#2.4.3' from dependencies
npm ERR! addLocal Could not install C:\Users\litehsu\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-5440-6f1004b8\git-cache-ecdc41ed33a0\2fd99696c3f2705dcd6813454b50ad5591651427
npm ERR! addLocal Could not install C:\Users\502438~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-5440-6f1004b8\git-cache-87d2760d189d\e52092778d61d32bb10e3aa062bbbfaf583d2107
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v0.12.4
npm ERR! npm v2.10.1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\502438914\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\karma-support\1.0.2\package.tgz
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT, scandir 'C:\Users\litehsu\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\karma-support\1.0.2\package.tgz'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\litehsu\workspace\npm-debug.log
thank you!

Answer 1

Use the config to change the locations:
Run npm config ls -l
Check the path to the cache and the temp
Change them both to a new path. For example:
npm config set cache %USERPROFILE%\npm-cache
npm config set tmp %USERPROFILE%\tmp
will put them in your profile folder.
Make the same edit in all .npmrc file locations:
%appdata%\npm\node_modules\npm\.npmrc
%ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node_modules\npm\.npmrc
%USERPROFILE%\.npmrc
References
Troubleshooting NPM