title: ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered
body: <p>When trying to hit the command : <code>npm install -g @angular/cli@6.1.1</code></p>
  <p><strong>Note:</strong>
  I have Node.Js LTS 10.xx version, .Net Framework 4.7.2 Developer pack, and all necessary extensions in place.</p>
  <p><strong>Error thrown:</strong></p>
  <pre><code>npm ERR! code ELOOP
  npm ERR! syscall stat
  npm ERR! path \\horofs**\users$\
  npm ERR! errno -62
  npm ERR! ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, stat '\\horofs06\users$\'
  
  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
  npm ERR!     \\horofs**\users$\W****\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-07-31T13_26_25_468Z-debug.log
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>The log states this:</strong></p>
  <pre><code>0 info it worked if it ends with ok
  1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
  1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
  1 verbose cli   'install',
  1 verbose cli   '-g',
  1 verbose cli   '@angular/cli@6.1.1' ]
  2 info using npm@6.14.6
  3 info using node@v10.22.0
  4 verbose npm-session 8b2e687260b66580
  5 silly install loadCurrentTree
  6 silly install readGlobalPackageData
  7 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli 282ms (from cache)
  8 silly pacote version manifest for @angular/cli@6.1.1 fetched in 426ms
  9 verbose stack Error: ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, stat '\\horofs**\users$\'
  9 verbose stack     at eloop (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:58:17)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:19:11)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  9 verbose stack     at realpathCached (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-tree\realpath.js:39:10)
  10 verbose cwd C:\Cqe\Periscope\src\Periscope\Endava.Periscope.Web
  11 verbose Windows_NT 6.3.9600
  12 verbose argv &quot;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe&quot; &quot;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js&quot; &quot;install&quot; &quot;-g&quot; &quot;@angular/cli@6.1.1&quot;
  13 verbose node v10.22.0
  14 verbose npm  v6.14.6
  15 error code ELOOP
  </code></pre>
  <p>Please help me.</p>