NPM run * doesn't do anything

Question

I was running an Electron project, and everything worked just fine. But now when I run any of the scripts in my package.json (including npm start), it just escapes a line an

Answer 1

If you are using an integrated terminal (such as the VsCode integrated terminal) try running your npm "run dev' command from your PowerShell (or cmd) terminal. This error arises as a result of your integrated terminal not recognizing your command (especially if you created your app with a git bash terminal).

Try this, and I hope it helps someone cause it always works for me. Cheers!!!

Answer 2

npm has a ignore-scripts configuration key. It's expected value is a Boolean and it's set to false by default.

Perhaps it has inadvertently been set to true.

To get/set the ignore-scripts configuration you can utilize the npm-config command:

1. Check its current setting by running:

   npm config get ignore-scripts
   

2. If the aforementioned command returns true then reset it to false by running:

   npm config set ignore-scripts false