webpack is not recognized as a internal or external command,operable program or batch file

I had this issue for a long time too. (webpack installed globally etc. but still not recognized) It turned out that I haven’t specified enviroment variable for npm (where is file webpack.cmd sitting) So I add to my Path variable

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm\

If you are using Powershell, you can type the following command to effectively add to your path :

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$env:Path;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm\", "User")

IMPORTANT : Don’t forget to close and re-open your powershell window in order to apply this.

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