'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

First Check your Node version. if your node version is 8 or greater then 8 then use
'npx create-react-app my-app'

In the above version we need to change only one word that is npx

You don't need to do another things. I hope this will help you

Answer 2

• Run : npx install create-react-app nameOfYourFolder instead of npm install create-react-app nameOfYourFolder (npx comes with npm 5.2+ and higher)
• Then : cd nameOfYourFolder
• Then run : npm start

You can find more in React documentation here

Answer 3

I solved problem by following below steps

1) open Node.js command prompt

2) Then type "npm install create-react-app -g" (g for global access) command to install create-react-app

3) Then type "npm install create-react-native-app -g" (g for global access) command to install create-react-native-app

Follow step #2 for use create-react-app

Follow step #3 only if you want to use create-react-native-app otherwise its optional.

Answer 4

Another one that might work is to use Powershell and type:

npx create-react-app new_app --use-npm