nodejs module.js:340 error: cannot find module

Question

I installed nodejs in C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs

then I created a .js file and saved it in my desktop just to output 'hello world' in the console:

console.log('hello world');

When I tried to run the file from the command prompt:

C:\Users\Laura>cd desktop
C:\Users\Laura\Desktop>node nodeTest.js

I get:

module.js:340
throw err;
      ^
Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\Laura\Desktop\testNode.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:901:3

I read many other related questions, and some of them recommend to run the install, and so I did.

C:\Users\Laura>npm install -g express

But no luck, still getting the same error message.

Answer 1

I executed following command and it works for me.

PM> npm install ee-first ee-first@1.1.0 node_modules\ee-first