

Open a CMD prompt (run as administrator), and install the downloaded version of nvm, nvm-setup.exe, from within this CMD command prompt.Download your desired version of nvm ( ).Delete the existence of nvm (C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\nvm), basically, manually delete the nvm dir.To the point where there is no more "nodejs" directory at all. Delete/remove/uninstall the version of node in your "C:\Program Files\nodejs" directory.Ok, so here is what I did to fix the situation where "nvm use. It seems that nvm is simply switching the shortcut, when we call "nvm use. In the end, this "C:\Program Files\nodejs" directory will actually be a shortcut to where nvm manages the versions it installs (see C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\nvm).

Most of us already have a "nodejs" directory from a prior install, before we decided (or were told) to install nvm. First examine your actual "C:\Program Files\nodejs" directory.
