node is not recognized as an internal or external command but is in PATH - node.js

Question

Although I've follow suggestions from:
'node' is not recognized as an internal or an external command, operable program or batch file while using phonegap/cordova
Node.js doesn't recognize system path?
‘ant’ is not recognized as an internal or external command...
I'm having an strange issue: Resume, although node path is list in Path, it doesn't find node.
Workflow:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600] //Running CMD on windows 8.1
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I followed suggestions in SO, adding variable to Environment Variables, and it's display Ok in Path:
C:\Users\myUser>path
PATH=c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs ; (...omitted...) //So folder is there
Next line will fail
C:\Users\myUser>call jasmine-node spec
'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Users\myUser>cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs" //So I move to the folder list before...
But if I move to folder list in Path, then it works OK.
c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs>call jasmine-node spec
> (...omitted...) //Exec OK.
c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs>node
> //Exec OK. Waiting...
It seems contradictory.

Answer 1

The nodejs directory in your PATH isn't recognized because there's a space before the semicolon, so Windows is looking for a directory with a space at the end of the name, which doesn't exist.

Answer 2

Error: 'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command
The problem is may be the node is not installed on the machine in which the application is running.
Then install it and set the environment variable for nodejs.
Or
One more reason can be the nodejs path not set in the environment variable.
Check with the following -
open Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables -> Path
the nodejs path should be available here.
If not available then add the following:
C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs
OR
C:\Program Files\nodejs
Now Re-Run the application and the Error got resolved.

Answer 3

;C:\Program Files\nodejs\
Slash after \nodejs\ worked for me

Answer 4

Usually the environment variables are not effective till a system
Restart.
I suggest a System Restart for all those who face the same issue when doing a clean install.
This worked for me.

Answer 5

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 6

If you did npm install jasmine-node -g you should just need to do jasmine-node spec (no call prefix).

Answer 7

If you've checked your PATH, and are sure that the path for node is added properly, then you're likely to face the problem while running node OR npm commands with CLI's other than the default command line interface of the operating system (e.g. Git bash in Windows).
The strange part is that you can check for node -v and npm -v in those CLIs, but for some reasons, they don't work well with those commands (especially when combined with install or update).
Possible Solution
Try running node with the default terminal for your OS.

Answer 8

I faced this issue even after adding node.exe to PATH. I wasn't able to run node command at random locations without running command prompt as administrator.
Solution to this issue is, you have to give full access permissions to this node.exe file for different user types. open the properties of node.exe, go to security tabs, check all the security options to the user on your local machine.
after doing this you should be able to access the node.exe file from any location.

Answer 9

things to check:
open CMD>Go to the directory where node.exe resides > type node -v > :
if it shows the version: Please add the same path (like>
PATH=C:\Programfiles\nodejs\;) in the OS path in environment variable (any of the
system or user variable, both work fine)
if it doesn't recognize, please add a variable PATHEXT=.exe; in the environment
variable (The PathExt is an Environment Variable that stores a list of the file
extensions for the operation system to execute) and save them.
Now open a new command prompt window and check.it must work.

Answer 10

After installing nodejs you have to restart your terminal or IDE .

Answer 11

C:\Program Files\nodejs
adding the path without the semi-colon did it for me...

Answer 12

For the issue which is coming "node' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.", I have tried updating the path, but the issue didn't resolve. So I uninstalled and installed node.js and it worked for me.

Answer 13

The error:
node-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command
And the following solution:
Set Environment variable NODE_HOME as C:\Program Files\nodejs
Open cmd window and run:
cd "C:\Program Files\nodejs"
npm install connect
npm install -g appium

Answer 14

It's as simple as adding the location of nodejs (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs) to your PATH variable and restarting your application with "Run as administrator".