'grunt' is not recognized as an internal or external command for some windows users

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'grunt' is not recognized as an internal or external command for some windows users

Grunt is not working all windows users. Some users are facing these issues When I run npm install command, its saying message as below.

E:\Worksapce\web>npm install
npm WARN package.json registers@4.0.0 No repository field.

When I tried npm install -g grunt-cli. I think it is success.

E:\Worksapce\web>npm install -g grunt-cli
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-cli
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-cli
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/nopt
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/findup-sync
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/resolve
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/nopt
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/resolve
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/findup-sync
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/glob
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/lodash
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/glob
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/lodash
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/inherits
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/sigmund
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/sigmund
C:\Users\mc862634\AppData\Roaming\npm\grunt -> C:\Users\user1234\AppData\Roaming
\npm\node_modules\grunt-cli\bin\grunt
grunt-cli@0.1.13 C:\Users\user1234\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\grunt-cli
+-- resolve@0.3.1
+-- nopt@1.0.10 (abbrev@1.0.5)
+-- findup-sync@0.1.3 (lodash@2.4.1, glob@3.2.11)

But when I run grunt, I get error message.

E:\Worksapce\web>
E:\Worksapce\web>grunt
'grunt' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

My package.json is this.

{
  "author": "Company",
  "name": "registers",
  "version": "4.0.0",
  "homepage": "http://abcd.se",
  "dependencies": {},
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt": "~0.4.4",
    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.9.2",
    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
    "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.11.0",
    "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
    "grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.5.0",
    "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",
    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.4.0",
    "grunt-ngmin": "0.0.3",
    "grunt-contrib-jasmine": "~0.5.2"
  }
}

Another user is succesfully able to execute grunt with out any issues. Its only some of the users

Can some one tell me what has gone wrong.

node.js
gruntjs

Answer 1

Your logs indicate that the grunt command was created in your global directory. The errors also indicate that C:\Users\mc862634\AppData\Roaming\npm\grunt is not in your path.

You'll want to check your PATH and make sure that the \AppData\Roaming\npm location is added if it is missing.

The easiest way to check is to open a command prompt and type PATH.

See this other StackOverflow question as a reference: Grunt on Windows 8: 'grunt' is not recognized

Answer 2

I solved the problem by executing below command.

npm install -g grunt-cli

Answer 3

Incase that there some developer that used Windows XP, that have similar problem you'll need to change Path entry.

From: C:\Users\change_username\AppData\Roaming\npm\grunt

To: C:\Documents and Settings\change_username\Application Data\npm