Using npm install as a MS-Windows system account

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Published on 2014-06-01T09:26:46Z Indexed on 2014/06/01 9:28 UTC
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I have a node application running on Windows, which I want to be able to update automatically. When I run npm install -d as the Administrator account - it works fine, but when I try to run it through my automation software (that is running as local system), I get errors when I try to install a private module from a private git repository:

    npm ERR! git clone [email protected]:team/repository.git fatal: Could not change back to 'C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Roaming/npm-cache/_git-remotes/git-bitbucket-org-team-repository-git-06356f5b': No such file or directory
    npm ERR! Error: Command failed: fatal: Could not change back to 'C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Roaming/npm-cache/_git-remotes/git-bitbucket-org-team-repository-git-06356f5b': No such file or directory
    npm ERR! 
    npm ERR!     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:637:15)
    npm ERR!     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    npm ERR!     at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
    npm ERR!     at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11)
    npm ERR!     at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    npm ERR!     at Pipe.close (net.js:451:12)
    npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
    npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
    npm ERR! or email it to:
    npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

    npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
    npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-d"
    npm ERR! cwd D:\nodeapp
    npm ERR! node -v v0.10.8
    npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.23
    npm ERR! code 128

Just running git clone using the same system works fine. Any ideas?

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