title: NPM - bower installation throws the error
body: <p>Using <code>npm</code> i installed the <code>bower</code>, but i got error on my <code>cmd</code>. how to fix this?</p>
  
  <p>here is the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/qs
  npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, lstat 'D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\handleb
  ars\node_modules\uglify-js\lib\mozilla-ast.js'
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
  npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/npm/npm/issues&gt;
  
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program File
  s (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bower"
  npm ERR! cwd D:\Yeoman
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
  npm ERR! path D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\handlebars\node_modules\
  uglify-js\lib\mozilla-ast.js
  npm ERR! fstream_path D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\handlebars\node_
  modules\uglify-js\lib\mozilla-ast.js
  npm ERR! fstream_type File
  npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
  npm ERR! code ENOENT
  npm ERR! errno 34
  npm ERR! fstream_stack C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modul
  es\fstream\lib\writer.js:284:26
  npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/stringstream
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types
  npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EPERM, unlink 'D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\n
  ode_modules\handlebars\node_modules\optimist\example\short.js'
  npm ERR! error rolling back  bower@1.3.9 { [Error: EPERM, unlink 'D:\Yeoman\node
  _modules\bower\node_modules\handlebars\node_modules\optimist\example\short.js']
  npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: 50,
  npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'EPERM',
  npm ERR! error rolling back   path: 'D:\\Yeoman\\node_modules\\bower\\node_modul
  es\\handlebars\\node_modules\\optimist\\example\\short.js' }
  npm ERR! Error: UNKNOWN, open 'C:\Users\mb112830\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\lodas
  h\2.4.1\package\package.json'
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
  npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/npm/npm/issues&gt;
  
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program File
  s (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bower"
  npm ERR! cwd D:\Yeoman
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
  npm ERR! path C:\Users\mb112830\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\lodash\2.4.1\package\p
  ackage.json
  npm ERR! code UNKNOWN
  npm ERR! errno -1
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/osx-release
  npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, lstat 'D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\handleb
  ars\node_modules\optimist\example\short.js'
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
  npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/npm/npm/issues&gt;
  
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program File
  s (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bower"
  npm ERR! cwd D:\Yeoman
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
  npm ERR! path D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\handlebars\node_modules\
  optimist\example\short.js
  npm ERR! fstream_path D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\handlebars\node_
  modules\optimist\example\short.js
  npm ERR! fstream_type File
  npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
  npm ERR! code ENOENT
  npm ERR! errno 34
  npm ERR! fstream_stack C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modul
  es\fstream\lib\writer.js:284:26
  npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isobject
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/punycode
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/nopt
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/core-util-is
  npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/registry-url
  npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/got
  npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/isarray
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/chainsaw
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/buffers
  npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/isarray/-/isarray-0.0.1.tgz
  npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/esprima
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/combined-stream
  npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/asn1
  npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, lstat 'D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\update-
  notifier\node_modules\configstore\node_modules\uuid\uuid.js'
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
  npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/npm/npm/issues&gt;
  
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program File
  s (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bower"
  npm ERR! cwd D:\Yeoman
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
  npm ERR! path D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\update-notifier\node_mod
  ules\configstore\node_modules\uuid\uuid.js
  npm ERR! fstream_path D:\Yeoman\node_modules\bower\node_modules\update-notifier\
  node_modules\configstore\node_modules\uuid\uuid.js
  npm ERR! fstream_type File
  npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
  npm ERR! code ENOENT
  npm ERR! errno 34
  npm ERR! fstream_stack C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modul
  es\fstream\lib\writer.js:284:26
  npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
  </code></pre>