title: Npm ERR! code EPERM
body: <p>I'm using node v6.11.2, npm v5.3.0 and angular/cli v1.2.7. </p>
  
  <p>I'm suddenly receiving the following error message for a majority of my npm installs. Never seen it before...</p>
  
  <pre><code>mmeppiel@MC-LT-MMEPPIEL MINGW64 ~/Desktop/Angular Solutions/my-app (master)
  $ npm install --save bootstrap@4.0.0-alpha.6 font-awesome
  npm ERR! path C:\Users\mmeppiel\Desktop\Angular Solutions\my-app\node_modules\fs                            events\node_modules
  npm ERR! code EPERM
  npm ERR! errno -4048
  npm ERR! syscall lstat
  npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'C:\Users\mmeppiel\Desktop                            \Angular Solutions\my-app\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules'
  npm ERR!     at Error (native)
  npm ERR!  { Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'C:\Users\mmeppiel\Desk                            top\Angular Solutions\my-app\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules'
  npm ERR!     at Error (native)
  npm ERR!   stack: 'Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat \'C:\\Users\\mme                            ppiel\\Desktop\\Angular Solutions\\my-app\\node_modules\\fsevents\\node_modules\                            '\n    at Error (native)',
  npm ERR!   errno: -4048,
  npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
  npm ERR!   syscall: 'lstat',
  npm ERR!   path: 'C:\\Users\\mmeppiel\\Desktop\\Angular Solutions\\my-app\\node_                            modules\\fsevents\\node_modules' }
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
  
  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
  npm ERR!     C:\Users\mmeppiel\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-08-08T00_56_                            59_442Z-debug.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone explain what's going on here? Things I've tried:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Running Git Bash as an administrator</li>
  <li>Turning off my firewall and AntiVirus protections</li>
  <li>Running npm cache clean</li>
  <li>Manually deleting the contest of AppData\Roaming\npm-cache</li>
  <li>Uninstalling node via the Control Panel and reinstalling</li>
  <li>Gave Everyone full permissions to C:\Program Files\nodejs</li>
  <li>Reinstalled the CLI</li>
  <li>Restarted my computer (can't hurt?)</li>
  <li>Made sure the node_modules folder is not read only</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Appreciate your time!</p>