title: Can't properly install hardhat using Powershell! Persistent Error HH12: Trying to use a non-local installation of Hardhat, which is not supported
body: <p>Below is a short list of my setup until I stumble upon the HH12 Hardhat Error that I keep getting:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>mkdir wave (Name of my directory)</li>
  <li>cd wave</li>
  <li>npm init -y</li>
  <li>npm install —save-dev hardhat</li>
  <li>npx hardhat</li>
  <li>Choose sample project
  6a. Hardhat project root (Select)
  6b. Add .gitignore</li>
  <li>Say yes to everything</li>
  <li>install the remaining dependencies:  npm install --save-dev @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle ethereum-waffle chai @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers ethers</li>
  <li>npx hardhat accounts (to see all the different accounts)...</li>
  </ol>
  <p>...And then it fails here!  An HH12 Hardhat Error Message: &quot;Hardhat is not installed or installed globally.  You tried to run Hardhat from a global installation or not installing it at all. This is not supported.  Please install Hardhat locally using npm or Yarn, and try again.&quot; (<a href="https://hardhat.org/errors/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hardhat.org/errors/</a>) [BTW, these 2 lines are the ONLY docs on this error on Hardhat!].</p>
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>
  <p>I have tried the following possible 'fixes' to sidestep this error but to no avail:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Updating most current version of node</li>
  <li>Restarting my PC (About 17 X now as of this writing)</li>
  <li>Using GitBash (Instead of Powershell)</li>
  <li>Asking mods in Hardhat Discord (None) and other Discords</li>
  <li>Opening the Hardhat docs (And the Tutorials!!) for answers... None!</li>
  <li>StackExchange - There's literally only 1 other person who ALSO had this problem here!  But the answers here are not the solution. (Have DMd that person but no reply as of yet).</li>
  </ul>
  <p>So can anyone out there help?</p>