title: Visual Studio 2017 External Tools npm Not working
body: <p>I have a typescript project that requires npm 3+.  I've install it to C:\Program Files\nodesjs, and I set my system environment variables to point there.  </p>
  
  <p>In visual studio 2017 though, when I set the external tools location, it still doesn't pick up npm version 3+.  </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8xeMA.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8xeMA.png" alt="External Tools Window"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/o7pE0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/o7pE0.png" alt="NPM version"></a></p>