title: Install a specific version of angular-cli
body: <p>I changed my laptop from windows 7 to windows 10 and i can't install a specific version of the angular cli.</p>
  
  <p>I tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm install -g @angular/cli@4.1.0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
  npm cache clean
  npm install -g @angular/cli@4.1.0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I consistently get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
  npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "@angular/cli@4.1.0"
  npm ERR! node v7.9.0
  npm ERR! npm  v4.2.0
  
  npm ERR! Cannot read property 'path' of null
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;https://github.com/npm/npm/issues&gt;
  
  npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
  npm ERR!     D:\Users\ihazan\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-11-16T13_04_39_665Z-debug.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Node version: 7.9.0</p>
  
  <p>NPM version: 4.2.0</p>