I've just installed Node v4.4.7 on Windows 10 but I am having an issue where npm doesn't find the package.json file when I run npm install in the proper directory.
The error I get is ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Windows\System32\package.json'
Which seems odd as I am not currently in C:\Windows\System32 but rather pwd would reveal that I am in C:\ao\AO Hybrid
This let me to check npm prefix which returned C:\Windows\System32.
I've tried this with both npm v.2.15.8 and v.3.10.8 with the same results.
How can I make sure npm searches for the packages locally instead of in system32?
It turns out that my workplace has set the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun key in the registry to change my current working directory to system32, causing the issue.