I had an issue running my sveltekit dev server. I kept getting this issue:

EPERM: operation not permitted, stat 'C:\Users\user\Documents\Github\SvelteKit\Goremote Africa\main\.svelte-kit\types\src\routes\$types.d.ts'

Here's how to solve it:

1. This didn't solve anything, but you might want to clear your npm cache first:

npm cache clean --force

1. Run CMD as admin and enter this:

npm config edit

It will open a notepad window/tab.

1. Set prefix variable to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm. Remember to change user to your username:

prefix=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm

Save and close the notepad window and run your development server. It should work now:

Happy Hacking!