node.js - 'Express' is not recognized command (windows)

Question

Okay I am running node on windows (7). Using npm I just installed modules to d: directory. Therefore my files structure looks like the following:

D:
  -myproject
     -node_modules
        -.bin
        -express

However, when I am in this 'myproject' directory, I can't seem to run 'express' for example:

D:myprojectexpress site
'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Am I doing anything wrong?

Answer 1

Try:

npm install -g express-generator@3

That solved problem for me.

Edit: for version 4

npm install express-generator -g

Description: express is the package for dependency of express js. express-generator is the package for enabeling express command and create a sample project, etc. Assuming that this is kept separate for the decoupling of project dependency with cli tool of express.

Another SO ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41311733/1666582