From 4410be938709d276c1913dd6eceaa505c1b34c24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tatham Oddie Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 13:41:55 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] readme: update install path references Fix incorrectly encoded "<" and ">" Use system-agnostic special folder paths --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e844a9de..5f8a0a51 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ bleeding edge version without uninstalling the stable version of node, this util #### _PREREQUISITE:_ Uninstall existing node & npm -Uninstall any existing versions of Node.js before installing NVM for Windows (otherwise you'll have conflicting versions). Delete any existing Node.js installation directories (e.g., "C:\Program Files\nodejs") that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory. +Uninstall any existing versions of Node.js before installing NVM for Windows (otherwise you'll have conflicting versions). Delete any existing Node.js installation directories (e.g., `%ProgramFiles%\nodejs`) that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory. -Delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\<user>\\AppData\Roaming\npm") to prevent global module conflicts. Remember to backup any global `npmrc` config (e.g. `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc`), or copy the settings to the user config `C:\Users\<user>\.npmrc`. +Delete the existing npm install location (e.g. `%AppData%\npm\`) to prevent global module conflicts. Remember to backup any global `npmrc` config (e.g. `%AppData%\etc\npmrc`), or copy the settings to the user config (`%UserProfile%\.npmrc`). #### Install nvm-windows