# Error installing node-red-node-arduino on Windows 10

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-installing-node-red-node-arduino-on-windows-10/51722>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [30 September 2021 15:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-installing-node-red-node-arduino-on-windows-10/51722 "2021-09-30T15:25:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [30 September 2021 15:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-installing-node-red-node-arduino-on-windows-10/51722/2 "2021-09-30T15:47:51Z")

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> [@gyan](#):
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> `npm ERR! C:\\Users\\kumar\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\12.14.0\\x64\\node.lib : fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file: cannot read at 0x4B662D [C:\Users\kumar\.node-red\node_modules\@serialport\bindings\build\bindings.vcxproj]`

Welcome to the forum @gyan

The npm cache may be currupt. Run (in the .node-red folder)  
`npm cache clean --force`  
And just in case  
`sudo npm -g cache clean --force`  
then try again.

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