Merge pull request coreybutler#143 from Josh68/patch-1

Update README.md
prashant31191 · Oct 27, 2016 · f857545 · f857545
2 parents fd7f7ba + 6ede92f
commit f857545
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bleeding edge version without uninstalling the stable version of node, this util
 
 ### Installation & Upgrades
 
-It comes with an installer (and uninstaller), because getting it should be easy. Please note, you need to uninstall any existing versions of node.js before installing NVM for Windows.
+It comes with an installer (and uninstaller), because getting it should be easy. Please note, you need to uninstall any existing versions of node.js before installing NVM for Windows. Also delete any existing nodejs installation directories (e.g., "C:\Program Files\nodejs") that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory.
 
 You should also delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm") so that the nvm install location will be correctly used instead. After install, reinstalling global utilities (e.g. gulp) will have to be done for each installed version of node: