Why does NPM always throw an error, no matter what the command is? - npm

Question

Whenever I type any NPM command, I get this error:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0>npm -v
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:582
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'os-tmpdir'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:580:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:506:25)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\*I like my privacy*\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\osenv\osenv.js:4:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3)
I've tried reinstalling node, but I keep getting that same error. I've noticed that if I search NPM in the "add or remove programs" page in settings, I get no results, if that's useful.
My version of Node is v10.13.0
I'm using Windows 10 Home, version 1803

Answer 1

I would remove node: How do I completely uninstall Node.js, and reinstall from beginning (Mac OS X)
And then reinstall it with NVM: https://github.com/creationix/nvm like this:
> nvm install 8.9.1
> nvm list // Will show you available NodeJS distribution
> 8.9.1
// So tell nvm to use your version
> nvm use 8.9.1
> nvm list
> * 8.9.1 (Currently using 64-bit executable)
> node -v
> 8.9.1