'create-react-app' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I am trying to set up react app using create-react-app command on windows pc. I already used it on my mac computer, and it works well. But I encounter a problem. Here my ste

Answer 1

This command requires the Expo-CLI. If you want to save time I recommend to you the Node.js command prompt and it will add the necessary dependencies automatically.

Answer 2

This is the issue is mainly caused by two reasons:

1. Path variable issue
2. Npm version issue

Add C:\Users\ugur\AppData\Roaming\npm to Windows PATH variable and upgrade npm version to 5.5.1

Answer 3

User following command

npx create-react-app my-app

Answer 4

This is a windows variable path problem, i have faced the same problem recently, the following are possible root cause of the problem , installing node via nvm(node version manager) so to solve the issue in this case you after running npm install -g create-react-app got to the location in my case C:\Users\pc\AppData\Roaming\npm in the copy create-react-app to C:\Users\pc\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v12.18.3 and also move the folder in node_module folder called create-react-app to the specific version you are using under nvm , after that you should be able to use create-react-app without and issue. i hope this will help someone

Answer 5

I also get same problem but I resolve it by following steps

1. Check your global directory by using command npm root -g
2. check the folder, will it have .cmd of your installed packages.
3. If yes, Please copy the path of folder and put in path of user variables.

Thanks

Answer 6

I solved the problem by adding C:\Users\ugur\AppData\Roaming\npm to windows PATH variable.