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    copied!<p>I am trying to run a hello world program written in javascript in a separate file named hello.js</p> <p>Currently running windows version of node.js.</p> <p>The code runs perfectly in console window but <strong>how do I reference the path in windows environment</strong>.</p> <pre><code>C:\abc\zyx\hello.js </code></pre> <p>in Unix I guess it is showing $ node hello.js</p> <p>I'm absolutely new to Node.js Please correct me if I am doing something wrong.</p> <p>I tried </p> <p><code>&gt; node C:\abc\zyx\hello.js</code> ----didn't work</p> <p><code>&gt; C:\abc\zyx\hello.js</code> --didn't work</p> <p><strong>UPDATE1:</strong></p> <p>Added node.exe to the folder where hello.js file is sitting.<br> Added path point to the folder c:\abc\zyx\ and I get an error that says </p> <p>ReferenceError: hello is not defined</p> <p>see contents of hello.js </p> <pre><code>setTimeout(function() { console.log('World!'); }, 2000); console.log('Hello'); </code></pre> <p><strong>UPDATE 2:</strong></p> <p>So far I have tried all these version and <strong>none of them seems to work</strong>. May be I am doing something completely wrong.</p> <pre><code>&gt;node hello.js &gt;$ node hello.js &gt;node.exe hello.js &gt;node /hello.js &gt;node \hello.js &gt; \node \hello.js &gt; /node /hello.js &gt; C:\abc\xyz\node.exe C:\abc\xyz\hello.js &gt; C:\abc\xyz\node.exe C:/abc/xyz/hello.js &gt; hello.js &gt; /hello.js &gt; \hello.js &gt;node hello </code></pre> <p><strong>Refer to my file structure</strong></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fTUNt.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p><strong>RESOLVED:</strong> Instead of running node.exe, try running in command prompt with the following option and it worked.</p> <pre><code>c:\&gt;node c:\abc\hello.js Hello World! (after 2 secs) </code></pre>
 

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