ENOENT (error -4058) during create-react-app

Question

when i type npm command create-react-app my-app i have error like this :

npm ERR! code ENOENT

npm ERR! syscall spawn C:\Windows\System32;

npm ERR! path C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\th-wedding\template

npm ERR! errno -4058

npm ERR! enoent spawn C:\Windows\System32; ENOENT

npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR!     C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-02-02T04_41_46_601Z-debug-0.log

I've tried every way, from setting up the env, and reinstalling with a different version, but still the error

Answer 1

ENOENT means There is no directory exists with this name

Now You need to check several points:

1. Check the version of node js & npm (check version installed is proper)
2. remove cache (npm cache clean --force or npm cache clean)
3. verify removed cache (npm cache verify --force or npm cache verify)
4. check the installed version or install the new version or re-install again of react react-dom react-scripts using (npm install --save react create-react-app)
5. then create a new app using npx create-react-app app-name
6. Of If your project is already created then install necessary dependencies using (npm install)

Answer 2

I solved this using the following command.

npm uninstall -g create-react-app

then

npm install -g create-react-app

Answer 3

It is because npx is not using the latest version to create the project. You can solve this issue by first uninstalling the global npm package using npm uninstall -g create-react-app in command prompt and then create project using npx create-react-app my-app in command prompt.

Answer 4

I've got exactly the same :) One question: if I follow your points 5 and 6, I'll "overwrite" all my code, won't I? Valerie