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How to setup Node.js without Administrator access

Yes it’s possible to setup Node.js even without Administrator access on one’s computer.All you need to do is follow the below steps

Step 1: Download Node.js along with NPM as a zip file from here –
https://nodejs.org/en/download/ (Download the Zip file)

Step 2: Extract the zip file to any location

Step 3: To set the path variable, you need to change the settings only for your account and not all the accounts

Step 4: Go to control panel and search “Edit Environment variables for your account”

Step 5: Add the current location where you have extracted nodejs to the PATH variable

Step 6: Once you have completed the 5th Step, open cmd and go to any location and check for nodejs version or npm version by typing the below commands

npm -v 
node -v