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I recently upgraded to Meteor 1.3.1 and I'm trying to install npm modules via the meteor npm install --save package command. I get an error that says 'C:\Users\Default' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I tried adding the paths of Meteor's npm tool to System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables > Path but I still get the same error.

Is this a Meteor version bug or is there something I can do about this? Thanks!

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Apparently, this is a problem with Meteor's npm.cmd when it comes to handling username's with whitespaces. To fix this, just change the script in npm.cmd to @"%~dp0\node.exe" "%~dp0\..\lib\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" %*. The file can be found at C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/<meteor-version>/mt-os.windows.x86_32/dev_bundle/bin.

Fix from here: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/6664

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  • I have the same issue, trying to change npm.cmd but it does not work still... Could you please update your answer with your code in npm.cmd? Thanks!
    – user1665355
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 9:32
  • @user1665355 it's already in my answer. My npm.cmd file looks like this: @"%~dp0\node.exe" "%~dp0\..\lib\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" %*
    – dork
    Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 3:41

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