npm install fails on Windows 10: ENOENT 4058 operation not permitted, rename | José Quinto

Introduction

Recently, I’ve faced different issues when tryng npm install in some of the project I’ve been working with.

Environment

• Windows 10 (OS Build 15063.413)
• Node version: 8.1.2
• NPM version: 5.0.3

Every time I tried npm install or install a isolated package I got errors like this one:

Problem

_npm ERR! path \GitHub\react-typescript-webpack2-cssModules-postCSS\node_modules\ts-loader
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'D:\GitHub\react-typescript-webpack2-cssModules-postCSS\node_m
odules\ts-loader' -> '\GitHub\react-typescript-webpack2-cssModules-postCSS\node_modules\.ts-loader.DELETE'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file._

Solution

The solution for my specific scenario was:

1. Close VS Code 2. Remove package-lock.json, node_modules and npm cache

# Windows
del package-lock.json
rd /s /q node_modules
npm cache clear --force

# macOs
rm package-lock.json
rm -rf node_modules/
npm cache clear --force

3. Retry npm i

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If you still have this problem, read this: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/10826