npm uninstall fails on Windows

[coreybutler]

OS: Win 8.1

I'm creating a yeoman generator with this module. During my work, I've had to install/uninstall this module a couple of times as I test the generator from scratch (npm uninstall stormpath-restify). However; the dependency tree of this module is so deep that Windows throws an error. Granted I have the module nested within about 6 directories (i.e. C:\Users\myusername\Documents\workspace\Experiments\generator), but I'm still seeing roughly 13 nested subdirectories within the node_modules directory of this module alone (before it cuts out).

It's easy enough to work around by deleting it through Windows Explorer, but it's annoying to have to open that each time. It seems like this is an overly-long dependency tree.

[robertjd]

Hi Corey, that is a huge pain!

node_modules can get pretty deep... is this the issue that you are seeing npm/npm#3697

[coreybutler]

That issue pretty much covers it... I've found that bringing some packages to a higher level and using an npm prune tend to help.