create-react-app not working. Getting error "Module not found"

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I am not able to create a project using create-react-app, I get the error "Module not found".

Node version is 17.0.1 and Npm version is 8.1.1

I have reinstalled nodejs 3 times now and have tried different commands like

npm install create-react-app -g

npm cache clean --force

P.S - I have updated the nodejs to 17.0.1 as the picture version shows 16.13.0

Did you follow the instructions on create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started ? They recommend not installing globally, but use npx . Also, you have to create an app using create-react-app my-cool-app — Kokodoko
– Kokodoko, Commented Oct 28, 2021 at 9:20
Yeah I did the same, uninstalled the create-react-app globally then tried with npx but its still showing error. — Bharat Pippal
– Bharat Pippal, Commented Oct 28, 2021 at 9:45
Maybe it has something to do with your install location. You create the app on desktop, but it's looking in a different folder for the module. As far as I understand, when you work locally (instead of having global installs), everything has to exist inside the same folder. — Kokodoko
– Kokodoko, Commented Oct 28, 2021 at 9:51
You might need to uninstall the global variant first using npm uninstall create-react-app -g — Kokodoko
– Kokodoko, Commented Oct 28, 2021 at 9:52

Asif vora · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-28 09:19:14Z

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You can try with npx create-react-app my-app.

Visit for more details create-react-app

To create a new app, you may choose one of the following methods:

npx

npx create-react-app my-app

npm

npm init react-app my-app

npm init <initializer> is available in npm 6+

Yarn

yarn create react-app my-app

yarn create is available in Yarn 0.25+

answered Oct 28, 2021 at 9:19

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Bharat Pippal Over a year ago

Still getting the same error. "Module not found". Stuck at this for 2-3 hours :(

Bharat Pippal · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-28 10:46:53Z

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So after almost 3-4 hours of trying different things, it has worked. I dont know which particular thing would have helped it to work but following are the things I tried -

Delete npm and npm cache folder.
Reinstall the nodejs (LTS version).
Create the app in another folder.
Used power shell instead of CMD.
npm fix
npm fix --force

answered Oct 28, 2021 at 10:46

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