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Current Behavior

Hello,

For our dependency, Dash.js 5.0, we need to use Node 20.18.0, so npm 10.8.2 was installed with this Node version. However, when we run npm install on Windows, we encounter the error: ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, while it works fine on Mac.

Could you please assist us in fixing this issue with npm 10.8.2?

Expected Behavior

npm install works fine on windows as Mac

Steps To Reproduce

1. In this environment : Windows
2. With this config...
3. Run : run npm install
4. See error : npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted only on windows

Environment

• npm:10.8.2
• Node.js:20.18.0
• OS Name:Windows