From 6ede92f3d9d00da09e4c2a0172a214e9a94f7338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Schneider Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:51:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Add a note to make sure the user removes any remaining nodejs installation directories before trying to use nvm-windows. Even running node's uninstaller before installing nvm-windows does not guarantee that this directory will be completely removed, and an nvm-generated symlink will not overwrite an existing installation directory. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 737b3f2..8ec5978 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bleeding edge version without uninstalling the stable version of node, this util ### Installation & Upgrades -It comes with an installer (and uninstaller), because getting it should be easy. Please note, you need to uninstall any existing versions of node.js before installing NVM for Windows. +It comes with an installer (and uninstaller), because getting it should be easy. Please note, you need to uninstall any existing versions of node.js before installing NVM for Windows. Also delete any existing nodejs installation directories (e.g., "C:\Program Files\nodejs") that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory. [Download the latest installer from the releases](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm/releases).