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npx command does not work on Windows

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Running npx does not work on Windows when the user folder path contains a space( space or other special characters in userfolder name/ username )

Error

npm ERR! code ENOLOCAL 
npm ERR! Could not install from "Echo\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\14184" as it does not contain a package.json file. 

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: 
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Grim Echo\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-01-03T00_26_34_241Z-debug.log

Fix:

you can change "npm-cache" folder to anothor path, using command :
npm config set cache C:\npm-cache --global