Node js 'console' error in cmd

Question

I want to use the node.js on the windows. so I install node but I can't execute a .js file. That is my source code. And I atteched the error screen.

helloworld.js

console.log("Hello, World!")

don't name your file node.js i think it confuses it.

Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White

2016-06-30 23:59:25 +00:00
Commented Jun 30, 2016 at 23:59 — Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White, Commented Jun 30, 2016 at 23:59

user3 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-01 00:07:16Z

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This error is happening because your script is not executed with nodejs but with Microsoft jscript.

The command you wrote "node node.js" is executing the file ode.js instead of the nodejs in your system in the same way you can execute cmd by typing cmd instead of cmd.exe.

To fix that you need to do one of those :

rename the file to something other than node
move the file named node in a subfolder (i.e. src/node.js)
associate .js file with nodejs instead of microsoft jscript

answered Jul 1, 2016 at 0:07

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