title: npm install error code EBUSY errono -4082
body: <p>I am running windows7 and have just installed the following...</p>
  
  <pre><code>c:\design_centre_dev\workspace&gt;node -v
  v5.10.1
  
  c:\design_centre_dev\workspace&gt;npm -v
  3.8.6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm having issues running npm install on my node project which one of my fellow dev's says he has no trouble with and should work for me. </p>
  
  <p>When I run npm install i am getting errors like...</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\rriviere\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
  npm ERR! node v5.10.1
  npm ERR! npm  v3.8.6
  npm ERR! path c:\design_centre_dev\workspace\node_modules\path-type
  npm ERR! code EBUSY
  npm ERR! errno -4082
  npm ERR! syscall rename
  
  npm ERR! EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rename 'c:\design_centre_dev\workspace\node_modules\path-type' -&gt; 'c:\design_centre_dev\workspace\node_module
  s\.path-type.DELETE'
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;https://github.com/npm/npm/issues&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems to throw these same types of errors for modules asynch,path_type and isarray and does not want to get past them.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone suggest what might be wrong?</p>
  
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  <h2>EDIT</h2>
  
  <p>Thanks for the suggestion of this thread possibly being answered somewhere else. I had a look and I believe it is a different problem. I think this because I've been investigating further today and I think the problem is that the node_modules directory which npm is creating. The permissions on that directory don't seem to be right. I think this might be an issue and probably a new thread so I'll close this one and create a new.</p>