Deu erro no node, eu usei o node 8.6.0, no Windows 10, usando exatamente os passos indicados.
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli 'C:\\Users\\murilhas3\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli 'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.2.0
3 info using node@v8.6.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle app@1.0.0~prestart: app@1.0.0
6 info lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: app@1.0.0
7 verbose lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: PATH: C:\Users\murilhas3\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\web_\server\node_modules\.bin;C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Process Lasso\;;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\murilhas3\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Diffuse;C:\Users\murilhas3\AppData\Roaming\npm
9 verbose lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: CWD: C:\web_\server
10 silly lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'node server.js' ]
11 silly lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
12 info lifecycle app@1.0.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: app@1.0.0 start: `node server.js`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Users\murilhas3\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:304:16)
13 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:213:7)
13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\murilhas3\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:927:16)
13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
14 verbose pkgid app@1.0.0
15 verbose cwd C:\web_\server
16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.17134
17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\murilhas3\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
18 verbose node v8.6.0
19 verbose npm v6.2.0
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error app@1.0.0 start: `node server.js`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the app@1.0.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]