title: Problems with Cordova in VS 2015 - Error MSB4044 The "RunMdaInstall" task was not given a value for the > required parameter "NpmInstallDir"
body: <p>I am new to Cordova, so I have just installed VS 2015 and the tools required for running Cordova.</p>
  
  <p>I created  a new project (Hello World) and try to run the index.html under debug/Android/Ripple-Nexus(Galaxy) and gets the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error MSB4044  The "RunMdaInstall" task was not given a value for the
    required parameter "NpmInstallDir". HelloWorld C:\Program Files
    (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\ApacheCordovaTools\vs-mda-targets\Microsoft.MDA.FileMirroring.targets
    287</p>
  </blockquote>