The term 'node' is not recognized... In Powershell

Model for VSCode editor

C:\Program Files\nodejs
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin

1. Search **PATH** environment variable.
2. Add the above paths into the Environment variables (both user
variable path and system variable path).
3. Restart VSCode.
4. Open a new terminal in VSCode
5. run `node --version` output should equal `v16.13.0`

These issues cannot be installed from the Package Manager console, so I had to browse lot of things to fix the issues and finally I got the solution.

Maybe we followed these scenarios

- Missing Node.js software

- Wrongly updated Windows environment path

- Installed in the wrong path

- Old version of Node.js software

You can download the latest [Node.js][1] software here.

**Update Path**

After installation, automatically create nodejs folder in this path “C:\Program Files (x86)” or “C:\Program Files “.

Open Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Change my environmental variable and verify the path Variable value “C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs” or “C:\Program Files\nodejs “.

new => user = path => value = C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs and after apply that.

and close Editor and restart it. it will work correctly.

**note** :- enter your path instead of copy of this path.


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if you are getting this error after installing node with nvm-windows, then you have forgotten to run the command `nvm use 19.3.0` use whichever version you have installed

1. Uninstall all previous versions of `node`, if any.
1. Install [`nvm-windows`][1]. Go to [releases][2], download `nvm-setup.exe` from the latest release.
1. Install using administrative privileges.
1. Run `PowerShell as Administrator`. Run `nvm -v` in the PowerShell to see the installed version of nvm-windows
1. Run `nvm ls` to see the list of installed versions of node. There should be none, as you have just installed nvm
1. Run `nvm on` to enable nvm, and set path variables
1. Now you can use `nvm` the same way, you would on Ubuntu or Mac.
1. Run `nvm install 18` to install node v18
1. Switch between node versions using `node use {node-version}`. e.g. To switch to node 16, run `nvm use 16`


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Was looking for a solution about an hour, this actually worked:
This manually resets the path variable in the specific PowerShell terminal.

$env:Path = `
[System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","Machine") + ";" + `
[System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","User")