ANY ng command will fail when trying angular due to invalid character error in ng file

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The \AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@angular\cli\bin\ng.js file cannot be opened and it gives an error whenever I try to use an ng command anywhere, be it in an angular project or elsewhere.

The error is as follows: Script: (my username)\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@angular\cli\bin\ng.js Line: 1 Character: 1 Error: Invalid Character Code: 800A03F6 Source: Compilationerror Microsoft Jscript

What I have tried:

using ng commands in different project -- same error reinstall npm, angular, removing the node modules in all combinations Setting the angular path in the environment variables

What happened before: ng command was missing possibly due to stuff related to python install. This error is replaced with my current problem when reinstall is done.

I have reinstalled everything to the fullest extent but the problem keeps persisting. I can use my angular project by running 'npm run ng serve' and that weirdly works.

Does anyone have ANY idea what might cause this problem

EDIT: I have somehow managed to resolve the problem but I have no clear answer what was the cause of it all. I did reinstall nodeJS on my computer which MIGHT have been broken during another project.

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4 Answers

Remove the user environment variable

C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@angular\cli\bin

It worked for me after losing a day of life looking for a solution

user_83510120

Deleting and reinstalling node.js did not fix it. The issues started when I installed latest CLI which is 13.

I removed npm folder from C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming then I installed the previous version

npm install -g @angular/cli@12.0.0

I do not get the error anymore.

user_51241670

In my case this error occured because of permissions on windows. Try to run cmd as Administrator.

user_23233550

Firstly you need to set the path of npm

$ npm config get prefix

make sure path matches with npm config get prefix

export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH

in windows you can set by advance system settings -> Environment variable -> set path.

Restart you system then do this -

$ npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

get package version

$ ng version

create workspace

$ ng new my-project

run the application

$ cd my-project

$ ng serve

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