EPERM, Error in Windows 8.1

[r0n22]

Getting the error EPERM, operation not permitted 'C:\Users\jcressatti\Desktop\Energy_Dashboard\Energy_DashBoard\node_modul es\grunt-casperjs\casperjs' from symlinking the casperjs executables.

PhantomJS is already installed at C:\Users\jcressatti\AppData\Roaming\npm\phantomjs.CMD.

> grunt-casperjs@1.4.0 install C:\Users\jcressatti\Desktop\Energy_Dashboard\Energy_DashBoard\node_modules\grunt
-casperjs
> node install.js

Casperjs version 1.1.0-beta3 installed at C:/Users/jcressatti/Desktop/Energy_Dashboard/Energy_DashBoard/node_mo
dules/casperjs

fs.js:730
  return binding.symlink(preprocessSymlinkDestination(destination, type),
                 ^
Error: EPERM, operation not permitted 'C:\Users\jcressatti\Desktop\Energy_Dashboard\Energy_DashBoard\node_modul
es\grunt-casperjs\casperjs'
    at Object.fs.symlinkSync (fs.js:730:18)
    at C:\Users\jcressatti\Desktop\Energy_Dashboard\Energy_DashBoard\node_modules\grunt-casperjs\install.js:33:
20
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:635:7)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12)
npm ERR! grunt-casperjs@1.4.0 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 8
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grunt-casperjs@1.4.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the grunt-casperjs package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls grunt-casperjs
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\np
m-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\jcressatti\Desktop\Energy_Dashboard\Energy_DashBoard
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.22
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.14
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\jcressatti\Desktop\Energy_Dashboard\Energy_DashBoard\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[rictorres]

I'm getting the same error on Windows 7.

[blueLde]

Also getting this Error on Win 8.1 64bit.

[TechNickAI]

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[r0n22]

I have moved all my development over to Linux so I am not much help anymore, Sorry.

[TechNickAI]

Smart move! (linux)