ERROR: npm v10.5.0 is known not to run on Node.js v10.24.1. This version of npm supports the following node versions: `^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0`

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PS C:\Users\prajwal\OneDrive\Desktop\adorsy\p2p-lending> npm -v ERROR: npm v10.5.0 is known not to run on Node.js v10.24.1. This version of npm supports the following node versions: ^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0. You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/.

ERROR: C:\Users\prajwal\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exit-handler.js:19 const hasLoadedNpm = npm?.config.loadedyour text``your text ^ your text I currently have nodejs 20 but my project is using ** nodejs 10 **so i installed nvm and then nodejs 10 using command nvm install 10 then i ran nvm use 10.24.1 but the problem is that even after switching from nodejs20 to nodejs10 the npm version didn't change from npm 10 to npm 6. i tried all methods available on stackoverflow but none of them worked for me

Answer 1

uninstall and reinstall -

also do npm cache clean -f

 nvm uninstall 10
 nvm install 10
 nvm use 10.24.1