Poor VS performance with a large number of NPM packages in node_modules

[kant2002]

Expected Behavior

Would be good if memory usage never goes above 500Mb.

Actual Behavior

Latest 10 minutes right now private increase to 1.2Gb and jumping up to 1.8Gb. VS instance become unresponive up to 10 minutes.

• NTVS Version: 1.2.40627.01
• Visual Studio Version: VS2013 Update 3

Steps to Reproduce

1. Not sure how to reproduce but will take a look, if other freezes happens, will try to repro

Additional informaiton

Large memory objects (>10Mb)

02f23e98   731565     11705048 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.IVsHierarchyItem[]
71039f14   731759     11708144 System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore+MoveNextRunner
27953f2c   292873     11714920 System.Collections.Generic.HashSet`1[[Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyItem, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.TreeNavigation.HierarchyProvider]]
61072aa0   755557     12088912 Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyItemPair
2175a0e0   730420     14608400 Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyManager+<>c__DisplayClass14_0
7103a278   731676     14633520 System.Threading.Tasks.StandardTaskContinuation
71090764   389032     14673104 System.Int32[]
276ee990   753007     15060140 Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyItemIdentity
710474d4   731636     17559264 System.Threading.Tasks.SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation
70c62430   736272     17670528 System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Object, mscorlib]]
34d19560   292978     19128000 System.Collections.Generic.HashSet`1+Slot[[Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyItem, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.TreeNavigation.HierarchyProvider]][]
7108ed0c   766285     22365608 System.Object[]
53dbcea0   731635     23412320 System.Func`2[[System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib]], mscorlib],[System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib]], mscorlib]]
710848e4   733805     23481760 System.Action
21759f1c   730421     26295156 Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyItem+<Disconnect>d__76
71083514   731775     29271000 System.Threading.Tasks.Task+ContingentProperties
2175a1b8   731635     35118480 System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2[[System.Int32, mscorlib],[System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib]], mscorlib]]
63240ff8   731636     35118528 System.Threading.Tasks.UnwrapPromise`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib]]
7107ee2c  1463599     52689564 System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.LogicalCallContext
7108c508  1463707     64403108 System.Threading.ExecutionContext
7108e918   658353     65263390 System.String
71092388  1465984     71596440 System.Collections.Hashtable+bucket[]
71092298  1465981     76231012 System.Collections.Hashtable
276ef080   753007     93372868 Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyItem
00dda008   924929    140642198      Free

Stack trace when VS freeze

00afe95c 696a61ab (MethodDesc 69621838 +0x83 DomainNeutralILStubClass.IL_STUB_CLRtoCOM(UInt32, System.Guid ByRef, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsWindowFrame ByRef))
00afe984 696a61ab (MethodDesc 69621838 +0x83 DomainNeutralILStubClass.IL_STUB_CLRtoCOM(UInt32, System.Guid ByRef, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsWindowFrame ByRef))
00afe9d8 17a92003 (MethodDesc 12c5dadc +0x4b Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.UIHierarchyUtilities.GetUIHierarchyWindow(System.IServiceProvider, System.Guid)), calling 187109c2
00afe9f4 0670c2e3 (MethodDesc 12c5d728 +0x63 Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode.ExpandItem(Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.EXPANDFLAGS)), calling (MethodDesc 12c5dadc +0 Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.UIHierarchyUtilities.GetUIHierarchyWindow(System.IServiceProvider, System.Guid))
00afea28 17ac0ffb (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x15b Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 12c5d728 +0 Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode.ExpandItem(Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.EXPANDFLAGS))
00afea68 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afea84 17ac0fdf (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x13f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afeac8 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afeae4 17ac0fdf (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x13f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afeb28 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afeb44 17ac0fdf (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x13f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afeb88 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afeba4 17ac0fdf (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x13f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afebe8 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afec04 17ac0fdf (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x13f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afec48 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afec64 17ac0fdf (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0x13f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afeca8 17ac0cb6 (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0x46 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae40 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.BuildModuleHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2<System.String,Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.DependencyNode>))
00afecc4 17ac1e3a (MethodDesc 0925b14c +0x42 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.NodeModulesNode.ReloadGlobalPackageHierarchy(Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.INpmController)), calling (MethodDesc 0925ae28 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.AbstractNpmNode.ReloadHierarchy(Microsoft.VisualStudioTools.Project.HierarchyNode, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.IPackage>))
00afecdc 17ac087a (MethodDesc 0925b140 +0x3a Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.NodeModulesNode.ReloadPackageHierarchies(Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.INpmController)), calling (MethodDesc 0925b14c +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.NodeModulesNode.ReloadGlobalPackageHierarchy(Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.INpmController))
00afecec 17ac07f7 (MethodDesc 0925b134 +0x2f Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.NodeModulesNode.ReloadHierarchy()), calling (MethodDesc 0925b140 +0 Microsoft.NodejsTools.Project.NodeModulesNode.ReloadPackageHierarchies(Microsoft.NodejsTools.Npm.INpmController))
00afed00 70fbbbc0 (MethodDesc 70ceb298 +0x2c System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke())

Have full dump if needed.
/cc: @mjbvz or @mousetraps

[kant2002]

Likely related to #1125, if so, I could close that, since this is already on the NTVS radar

[mjbvz]

Thanks for the report.

What does your project look like? About how many files and packages does it contain?

This could be related to #1125, but the growing memory usage suggests it could also be similar to the problem described in #1105. Are you on ES6 IntelliSense?

#1125 is targeted to cases where you have many complex globals npm packages installed. Do you have many npm packages installed globally? You can check this by running npm list -g. The core problem here is that the npm nodes displayed in Visual Studio use up far too much memory (see #944.)

[kant2002]

@mjbvz Here information about my projects: #1077 (comment)

I don't think I have very huge list of globals.
I am on ES6 Intellisense. TypeScript project.

Another observation is that VS become laggy when i do something outside of VS. Like run grunt tasks, or something else.

npm ls -g --depth 1

+-- XXXX/app-common@1.2.5 -> XXXX-app-common
| +-- @types/debug@0.0.22-alpha
| +-- @types/node@4.0.22-alpha
| +-- debug@2.2.0
| +-- mocha@2.4.5
| +-- os-name@1.0.3 extraneous
| +-- sequelize@3.19.2
| +-- sshpk@1.7.3 extraneous
| +-- typedoc@0.3.12
| +-- typescript@2.0.0-dev.20160628
| +-- typings@1.3.1
| `--  extraneous error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'XXXX-app-common\node_modules\typings-core\package.json
+-- @types/sequelize@3.4.21-alpha
| +-- @types/bluebird@2.0.22-alpha
| +-- @types/lodash@4.0.21-alpha
| `-- @types/validator@4.5.20-alpha
+-- azure-cli@0.9.6
| +-- adal-node@0.1.13
| +-- async@0.2.7
| +-- azure-arm-apiapp@0.1.3
| +-- azure-arm-network@0.10.4
| +-- azure-arm-trafficmanager@0.10.2
| +-- azure-arm-website@0.10.0
| +-- azure-asm-hdinsight@0.10.1
| +-- azure-asm-trafficmanager@0.10.3
| +-- azure-common@0.9.12
| +-- azure-extra@0.1.7
| +-- azure-gallery@2.0.0-pre.15
| +-- azure-insights@0.7.7-pre
| +-- azure-keyvault@0.10.0
| +-- azure-mgmt@0.9.16
| +-- azure-mgmt-authorization@0.9.0-pre.6
| +-- azure-mgmt-compute@0.9.16
| +-- azure-mgmt-resource@2.0.0-pre.17
| +-- azure-mgmt-sb@0.9.16
| +-- azure-mgmt-sql@0.9.17
| +-- azure-mgmt-storage@0.9.16
| +-- azure-mgmt-subscription@0.9.16
| +-- azure-mgmt-vnet@0.9.17
| +-- azure-mgmt-website@0.9.16
| +-- azure-monitoring@0.10.0
| +-- azure-storage@0.4.1
| +-- azure-storage-legacy@0.9.13
| +-- caller-id@0.1.0
| +-- colors@0.6.2
| +-- commander@1.0.4
| +-- easy-table@0.0.1
| +-- event-stream@3.1.5
| +-- eyes@0.1.8
| +-- github@0.1.6
| +-- image-size@0.3.5
| +-- jsrsasign@4.8.2
| +-- jszip@2.5.0
| +-- kuduscript@0.2.2
| +-- mime@1.2.11
| +-- moment@2.6.0
| +-- node-forge@0.6.23
| +-- node-uuid@1.2.0
| +-- omelette@0.1.0
| +-- openssl-wrapper@0.2.1
| +-- readable-stream@1.0.33
| +-- request@2.27.0
| +-- ssh-key-to-pem@0.11.0
| +-- streamline@0.10.17
| +-- streamline-streams@0.1.5
| +-- swagger-schema-official@2.0.0-a33091a
| +-- through@2.3.4
| +-- tmp@0.0.25
| +-- tunnel@0.0.2
| +-- tv4@1.1.12
| +-- underscore@1.4.4
| +-- validator@3.1.0
| +-- walk@2.3.9
| +-- winston@0.6.2
| +-- wordwrap@0.0.2
| +-- xml2js@0.1.14
| `-- xmlbuilder@0.4.3
+-- bootprint@0.8.5
| +-- clarify@1.0.5
| +-- commander@2.9.0
| +-- customize-engine-handlebars@0.6.2
| +-- customize-engine-less@0.2.5
| +-- customize-watch@0.5.4
| +-- customize-write-files@0.1.5
| +-- debug@2.2.0
| +-- get-promise@1.4.0
| +-- js-yaml@3.6.1
| +-- live-server@0.8.2
| +-- lodash@3.10.1
| +-- q@1.4.1
| `-- trace@2.3.0
+-- bootprint-swagger@0.13.1
| +-- bootprint-json-schema@0.8.6
| `-- lodash@3.10.1
+-- bower@1.7.7
| +-- decompress-zip@0.1.0 extraneous
| +-- opn@1.0.2 extraneous
| +-- semver@2.3.2 extraneous
| `-- user-home@1.1.1 extraneous
+-- chalk@1.1.1
| +-- ansi-styles@2.1.0
| +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.3
| +-- has-ansi@2.0.0
| `-- supports-color@2.0.0
+-- cordova@6.2.0
| +-- cordova-common@1.3.0
| +-- cordova-lib@6.2.0
| +-- insight@0.8.2
| +-- nopt@3.0.1
| +-- q@1.0.1
| +-- underscore@1.7.0
| `-- update-notifier@0.5.0
+-- cordova-coho@0.0.3 -> XXXX\cordova\cordova-coho
| +-- chalk@0.4.0
| +-- co@3.0.6
| +-- gnode@0.1.1
| +-- nlf@1.1.0
| +-- nsp@1.0.3 extraneous
| +-- opener@1.4.1
| +-- optimist@0.4.0
| +-- q@0.9.7
| +-- request@2.55.0
| +-- semver@4.3.6
| +-- shelljs@0.1.4
| +-- tap-dot@1.0.0 extraneous
| +-- tap-spec@4.0.2 extraneous
| +-- tape@4.0.1 extraneous
| +-- tape-runner@0.3.0 extraneous
| `-- treeify@1.0.1
+-- crowdin-cli@0.3.0
| +-- request@2.55.0
| +-- yamljs@0.2.2
| `-- yargs@2.3.0
+-- generator-ko@0.1.4
| +-- chalk@0.4.0
| `-- yeoman-generator@0.16.0
+-- generator-mocha@0.1.6
| `-- yeoman-generator@0.17.7
+-- generator-polymer@0.7.0
| +-- chalk@0.5.1
| +-- lodash@2.4.1
| +-- ncp@1.0.1
| +-- rimraf@2.2.8
| +-- validate-element-name@1.0.0
| +-- yeoman-generator@0.18.8
| `-- yosay@1.0.2
+-- grunt@0.4.5
| +-- async@0.1.22
| +-- coffee-script@1.3.3
| +-- colors@0.6.2
| +-- dateformat@1.0.2-1.2.3
| +-- eventemitter2@0.4.14
| +-- exit@0.1.2
| +-- findup-sync@0.1.3
| +-- getobject@0.1.0
| +-- glob@3.1.21
| +-- grunt-legacy-log@0.1.1
| +-- grunt-legacy-util@0.2.0
| +-- hooker@0.2.3
| +-- iconv-lite@0.2.11
| +-- js-yaml@2.0.5
| +-- lodash@0.9.2
| +-- minimatch@0.2.14
| +-- nopt@1.0.10
| +-- rimraf@2.2.8
| +-- underscore.string@2.2.1
| `-- which@1.0.5
+-- grunt-cli@1.2.0
| +-- findup-sync@0.3.0
| +-- grunt-known-options@1.1.0
| +-- nopt@3.0.6
| `-- resolve@1.1.7
+-- gulp@3.8.11
| +-- archy@1.0.0
| +-- chalk@0.5.1
| +-- deprecated@0.0.1
| +-- gulp-util@3.0.4
| +-- interpret@0.3.10
| +-- liftoff@2.0.3
| +-- minimist@1.1.1
| +-- orchestrator@0.3.7
| +-- pretty-hrtime@0.2.2
| +-- semver@4.3.3
| +-- tildify@1.0.0
| +-- v8flags@2.0.3
| `-- vinyl-fs@0.3.13
+-- gulp-azure-storage@0.1.0
| +-- azure-storage@0.4.5
| +-- delayed-stream@0.0.6
| +-- event-stream@3.3.1
| +-- optimist@0.6.1
| +-- progress@1.1.8
| +-- queue@3.1.0
| +-- vinyl@0.4.6
| `-- vinyl-fs@0.3.13
+-- gulp-ts-swagger@1.0.0 -> XXXX\GitHub\gulp-ts-swagger
| +-- @types/gulp-util@3.0.21-alpha
| +-- @types/vinyl@1.1.21-alpha
| +-- gulp@3.9.1
| +-- gulp-util@3.0.7
| +-- swagger-js-codegen@1.5.3
| +-- swagger-parser@3.4.1
| +-- swagger-tools@0.10.1
| +-- through2@2.0.1
| +-- tslint@3.11.0
| `-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY typescript@1.9.0-dev.20160620-1.0
+-- html-inline@1.2.0
| +-- minimist@1.1.3
| +-- through2@0.6.5
| `-- trumpet@1.7.2
+-- http-server@0.8.0
| +-- colors@1.0.3
| +-- corser@2.0.0
| +-- ecstatic@0.7.6
| +-- http-proxy@1.11.1
| +-- opener@1.4.1
| +-- optimist@0.6.1
| +-- portfinder@0.4.0
| `-- union@0.4.4
+-- ionic@1.3.2
| +-- archiver@0.5.1
| +-- colors@0.6.2
| +-- connect@3.1.1
| +-- connect-livereload@0.4.0
| +-- crc@3.2.1
| +-- cross-spawn@0.2.3
| +-- event-stream@3.0.20
| +-- finalhandler@0.2.0
| +-- form-data@0.1.4
| +-- gulp@3.8.8
| +-- ncp@0.4.2
| +-- npm@2.1.3
| +-- opbeat@1.1.0
| +-- open@0.0.5
| +-- optimist@0.6.0
| +-- progress@1.1.7
| +-- prompt@0.2.12
| +-- proxy-middleware@0.7.0
| +-- q@1.0.1
| +-- request@2.51.0
| +-- serve-static@1.7.1
| +-- shelljs@0.2.6
| +-- tiny-lr-fork@0.0.5
| +-- underscore@1.7.0
| +-- unzip@0.1.9
| +-- vinyl-fs@0.3.7
| `-- xml2js@0.4.4
+-- is-my-json-valid@2.12.2
| +-- generate-function@2.0.0
| +-- generate-object-property@1.2.0
| +-- jsonpointer@2.0.0
| `-- xtend@4.0.0
+-- less@2.5.0
| +-- errno@0.1.2
| +-- graceful-fs@3.0.6
| +-- image-size@0.3.5
| +-- mime@1.3.4
| +-- mkdirp@0.5.0
| +-- promise@6.1.0
| +-- request@2.55.0
| `-- source-map@0.4.2
+-- mocha@2.5.3
| +-- commander@2.3.0
| +-- debug@2.2.0
| +-- diff@1.4.0
| +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.2
| +-- glob@3.2.11
| +-- growl@1.9.2
| +-- jade@0.26.3
| +-- mkdirp@0.5.1
| +-- supports-color@1.2.0
| `-- to-iso-string@0.0.2
+-- node-gyp@3.2.1
| +-- fstream@1.0.8
| +-- glob@4.5.3
| +-- graceful-fs@4.1.2
| +-- minimatch@1.0.0
| +-- mkdirp@0.5.1
| +-- nopt@3.0.6
| +-- npmlog@1.2.1
| +-- osenv@0.1.3
| +-- path-array@1.0.1
| +-- request@2.69.0
| +-- rimraf@2.5.1
| +-- semver@5.1.0
| +-- tar@2.2.1
| `-- which@1.2.4
+-- node-inspector@0.8.1
| +-- async@0.9.0
| +-- debug@1.0.4
| +-- express@4.10.7
| +-- glob@3.2.11
| +-- opener@1.4.0
| +-- rc@0.5.5
| +-- semver@3.0.1
| +-- serve-favicon@2.2.0
| +-- strong-data-uri@0.1.1
| +-- v8-debug@0.3.1
| +-- v8-profiler@5.2.1
| +-- which@1.0.8
| +-- ws@0.4.32
| `-- yargs@1.3.3
+-- npm@3.8.5
| +-- abbrev@1.0.7
| +-- ansi-regex@2.0.0
| +-- ansicolors@0.3.2
| +-- ansistyles@0.1.3
| +-- aproba@1.0.1
| +-- archy@1.0.0
| +-- chownr@1.0.1
| +-- cmd-shim@2.0.2
| +-- columnify@1.5.4
| +-- config-chain@1.1.10
| +-- debuglog@1.0.1
| +-- dezalgo@1.0.3
| +-- editor@1.0.0
| +-- fs-vacuum@1.2.7
| +-- fs-write-stream-atomic@1.0.8
| +-- fstream@1.0.8
| +-- fstream-npm@1.0.7
| +-- glob@7.0.3
| +-- graceful-fs@4.1.3
| +-- har-validator@1.8.0 extraneous
| +-- has-unicode@2.0.0
| +-- hosted-git-info@2.1.4
| +-- iferr@0.1.5
| +-- imurmurhash@0.1.4
| +-- inflight@1.0.4
| +-- inherits@2.0.1
| +-- ini@1.3.4
| +-- init-package-json@1.9.3
| +-- lockfile@1.0.1
| +-- lodash._baseindexof@3.1.0
| +-- lodash._baseuniq@4.5.0
| +-- lodash._bindcallback@3.0.1
| +-- lodash._cacheindexof@3.0.2
| +-- lodash._createcache@3.1.2
| +-- lodash._getnative@3.9.1
| +-- lodash.clonedeep@4.3.1
| +-- lodash.isarray@4.0.0
| +-- lodash.keys@4.0.5
| +-- lodash.restparam@3.6.1
| +-- lodash.union@4.2.0
| +-- lodash.uniq@4.2.0
| +-- lodash.without@4.1.1
| +-- mkdirp@0.5.1
| +-- node-gyp@3.3.1
| +-- node-uuid@1.4.3 extraneous
| +-- nopt@3.0.6
| +-- normalize-git-url@3.0.1
| +-- normalize-package-data@2.3.5
| +-- npm-cache-filename@1.0.2
| +-- npm-install-checks@3.0.0
| +-- npm-package-arg@4.1.0
| +-- npm-registry-client@7.1.0
| +-- npm-user-validate@0.1.2
| +-- npmlog@2.0.3
| +-- once@1.3.3
| +-- opener@1.4.1
| +-- osenv@0.1.3
| +-- path-is-inside@1.0.1
| +-- read@1.0.7
| +-- read-cmd-shim@1.0.1
| +-- read-installed@4.0.3
| +-- read-package-json@2.0.3
| +-- read-package-tree@5.1.2
| +-- readable-stream@2.0.6
| +-- readdir-scoped-modules@1.0.2
| +-- realize-package-specifier@3.0.1
| +-- request@2.69.0
| +-- retry@0.9.0
| +-- rimraf@2.5.2
| +-- semver@5.1.0
| +-- sha@2.0.1
| +-- slide@1.1.6
| +-- sorted-object@2.0.0
| +-- strip-ansi@3.0.1
| +-- tar@2.2.1
| +-- text-table@0.2.0
| +-- uid-number@0.0.6
| +-- umask@1.1.0
| +-- unique-filename@1.1.0
| +-- unpipe@1.0.0
| +-- validate-npm-package-license@3.0.1
| +-- validate-npm-package-name@2.2.2
| +-- which@1.2.4
| +-- wrappy@1.0.1
| `-- write-file-atomic@1.1.4
+-- npm-windows-upgrade@1.4.0
| +-- chalk@1.1.1
| +-- cli-spinner@0.2.4
| +-- commander@2.9.0
| +-- inquirer@0.11.4
| +-- promise@7.1.1
| +-- prompt@0.2.14
| `-- regenerator-runtime-only@0.8.38
+-- pakmanager@0.12.1
| +-- argparse@0.1.16
| `-- pakman@0.11.5
+-- private-bower@0.6.5
| +-- body-parser@1.3.0
| +-- colors@0.6.2
| +-- express@3.20.1
| +-- log4js@0.6.14
| +-- mkdirp@0.5.0
| +-- moment@2.7.0
| +-- node-rest-client@1.0.0
| +-- optimist@0.5.2
| `-- q@1.0.1
+-- requirejs@2.1.16
+-- rfidreader@0.0.4 -> XXX\GitHub\node-rfidreader
| +-- mocha@2.4.5
| `-- yargs@3.29.0 extraneous
+-- steam@0.6.8
| +-- adm-zip@0.4.7
| +-- buffer-crc32@0.2.5
| +-- bytebuffer@3.5.4
| `-- protobufjs@4.0.0-b2
+-- swagger-docgen@0.1.3
| `-- marked@0.3.5
+-- swagger-spec-to-pdf@1.0.1
| +-- argparse@1.0.7
| +-- electron-prebuilt@0.37.8
| +-- http-server@0.9.0
| `-- yaml-js@0.1.3
+-- tsd@0.6.5
| +-- assertion-error@1.0.0
| +-- bl@0.9.5
| +-- bluebird@1.2.4
| +-- chalk@1.1.3
| +-- colors@1.1.2
| +-- deep-freeze@0.0.1
| +-- definition-header@0.1.0
| +-- detect-indent@0.2.0
| +-- diff@1.4.0
| +-- event-stream@3.1.7
| +-- exit@0.1.2
| +-- glob@4.5.3
| +-- joi@4.9.0
| +-- joi-assert@0.0.3
| +-- jsesc@0.5.0
| +-- json-pointer@0.2.2
| +-- lazy.js@0.3.2
| +-- lru-cache@2.5.2
| +-- minimatch@1.0.0
| +-- minimist@1.2.0
| +-- ministyle@0.1.4
| +-- minitable@0.0.4
| +-- miniwrite@0.1.4
| +-- mkdirp@0.5.1
| +-- open@0.0.5
| +-- request@2.72.0
| +-- rimraf@2.2.8
| +-- semver@4.3.6
| +-- type-detect@0.1.2
| +-- universal-analytics@0.3.11
| +-- update-notifier@0.2.2
| +-- uri-templates@0.1.9
| +-- uuid@2.0.2
| `-- verror@1.4.0
+-- typescript@2.0.0-dev.20160630
+-- typings@1.3.1
| +-- any-promise@1.3.0
| +-- archy@1.0.0
| +-- bluebird@3.4.1
| +-- chalk@1.1.3
| +-- columnify@1.5.4
| +-- listify@1.0.0
| +-- minimist@1.2.0
| +-- typings-core@1.3.0
| +-- update-notifier@1.0.2
| +-- wordwrap@1.0.0
| `-- xtend@4.0.1
+-- vs-tac@1.0.42
| +-- adm-zip@0.4.4
| +--  extraneous error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'XXXX\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\vs-tac\node_modules\cordova\package.json
| +-- edge@5.0.0
| +-- elementtree@0.1.6
| +-- fstream@1.0.8
| +-- mkdirp@0.3.5
| +-- optimist@0.6.1
| +-- q@1.0.1
| +-- request@2.36.0
| +-- rimraf@2.2.6
| +-- ripple-emulator@0.9.36
| +-- semver@2.3.1
| +-- tar@2.2.1
| `-- vs-libimobile@0.0.3
+-- web-component-tester@3.1.3
| +-- async@0.9.0
| +-- bower@1.4.1
| +-- chalk@0.5.1
| +-- cleankill@1.0.2
| +-- express@4.12.3
| +-- findup-sync@0.2.1
| +-- freeport@1.0.4
| +-- glob@4.5.3
| +-- lodash@3.8.0
| +-- nomnom@1.8.1
| +-- resolve@1.1.6
| +-- send@0.11.1
| +-- serve-waterfall@1.1.1
| +-- socket.io@1.3.5
| +-- stacky@1.2.2
| +-- update-notifier@0.4.0
| +-- wct-local@1.4.1
| +-- wct-sauce@1.6.0
| `-- wd@0.3.11
+-- weinre@2.0.0-pre-I0Z7U9OV
| +-- express@2.5.11
| +-- nopt@3.0.1
| `-- underscore@1.7.0
`-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY  error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\kant\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\package.json
  `--  extraneous error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\kant\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\yeoman-doctor\package.json

[paulvanbrenk]

Renamed title to better reflect problem.

[paulvanbrenk]

This should be greatly improved by #1835, which will be part of Visual Studio 2017 Update 8. (I have very little control over that schedule unfortunately).