ng serve not working inside an angular project folder using CMD in Windows

Question

I am trying to run ng serve in Windows 10 environment inside my angular project but it returns the error listed below:

'ng' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I am inside below folder

C:\Users...\AppData\Roaming\npm\angular-hello-world>ng serve

What am I doing wrong here.

I am a newbie so easy clear steps would be helpful. Thanks.

try npm start or install it globally like npm install -g @angular/cli — smnbbrv
– smnbbrv, Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 15:45
@LucyJones, AppData is a hidden folder meant to store software settings, i.e. globally installed npm packages, and such. It's not a directory I recommend using for development purposes. — Iancovici
– Iancovici, Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 16:06

smnbbrv · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-18 15:53:09Z

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Looks like it is just not installed globally.

Try npm start to go on without global installation or simply install it globally: npm install -g @angular/cli

answered Jan 18, 2018 at 15:53

smnbbrv

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