Npm ERR! code EPERM

I’m using node v6.11.2, npm v5.3.0 and angular/cli v1.2.7.

I’m suddenly receiving the following error message for a majority of my npm installs. Never seen it before…

[email protected] MINGW64 ~/Desktop/Angular Solutions/my-app (master)
$ npm install --save bootstrapKevin Vekariya.0.0-alpha.6 font-awesome
npm ERR! path C:\Users\mmeppiel\Desktop\Angular Solutions\my-app\node_modules\fs                            events\node_modules
npm ERR! code EPERM
npm ERR! errno -4048
npm ERR! syscall lstat
npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'C:\Users\mmeppiel\Desktop                            \Angular Solutions\my-app\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!  { Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'C:\Users\mmeppiel\Desk                            top\Angular Solutions\my-app\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!   stack: 'Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat \'C:\\Users\\mme                            ppiel\\Desktop\\Angular Solutions\\my-app\\node_modules\\fsevents\\node_modules\                            '\n    at Error (native)',
npm ERR!   errno: -4048,
npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'lstat',
npm ERR!   path: 'C:\\Users\\mmeppiel\\Desktop\\Angular Solutions\\my-app\\node_                            modules\\fsevents\\node_modules' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\mmeppiel\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-08-08T00_56_                            59_442Z-debug.log

Can anyone explain what’s going on here? Things I’ve tried:

• Running Git Bash as an administrator
• Turning off my firewall and AntiVirus protections
• Running npm cache clean
• Manually deleting the contest of AppData\Roaming\npm-cache
• Uninstalling node via the Control Panel and reinstalling
• Gave Everyone full permissions to C:\Program Files\nodejs
• Reinstalled the CLI
• Restarted my computer (can’t hurt?)
• Made sure the node_modules folder is not read only

Appreciate your time!