There might be a problem with the project dependency tree. It is likely not a bug in Create React App, but something you need to fix locally.
The react-scripts package p
I had the same problem and do all the suggested steps but the problem still, so, my error is that i have a reactApp inside other Javascript App i had this structure.
--MyProjects
----NodeJsApp
----node_modules of NodeJsApp
----package.json of NodeJsApp
----ReactApp
------node_modules of ReactApp
------package.json of ReactApp
The problem solved to me deleting my ReactApp node_modules directory, then i do a reestructure of my directories because i have a disaster.
--MyProjects
----NewDirectory (inside all about NodeJsApp)
------node_modules of NodeJsApp
------package.json of NodeJsApp
----ReactApp
------package.json of ReactApp
After that i do :
npm install
and then npm start
and my problem has fixed, i think that the problem is that the parent directory cant have a javascript /nodeJs/ project or something that have node_modules .