create-react-app only creates package.json file

Question

I am trying to create react app using command create-react-app test. This command only creates a project directory with package.json file.File containing...

{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true
}

Node version 11.11.0 & NPM version 6.7.0 with cmd Same issue

with bash CLI it is also creating error

Can you post the output from terminal after running “$ npx create-react-app test2”? — JBallin, Mar 13 '19 at 06:22
Would also be helpful to see your environment: “$ npx create-react-app —info” — JBallin, Mar 13 '19 at 06:30
i have edited the question with screen shoot please see the given images — Muhammad Muzamil, Mar 13 '19 at 06:35
Try reinstalling: show the output for “$ npm i -g create-react-app” — JBallin, Mar 13 '19 at 06:39
Can you verify that C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe exists on your system. On which partition is Windows installed? This looks like an issue with cmd path. — unm4sk, Mar 13 '19 at 13:33

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '19 at 02:39

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Give this a try:

npm install -g create-react-app
create-react-app my-app

answered Jul 10 '19 at 02:39

BinaryBeast

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it updates things from npm install -g create-react-app then when i run create-react-app my-app. It installs things that i need not only package.json. Thank you – Aljohn Yamaro Dec 06 '19 at 04:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '20 at 18:14

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If you are windows user the reason could be you have windows(32 bit) with Node(64 bit) or vice versa. The solution is install node(32 bit) for windows(32 bit) and same for 64 bit too.

answered Aug 11 '20 at 18:14

Mayur Kumawat

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '21 at 16:41

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In mac OS, I just added 'sudo' like this

sudo npx create-react-app my-app

And it worked :)

answered Sep 03 '21 at 16:41

Vivek S

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 21 '20 at 13:12

Happened the same with me! npx create-react-app my-app was just creating package.json file for me. But I waited for some time and found that my terminal was still active and was installing some more scripts which is actually responsible for creating some directories and files inside'em which we're looking for.

If this doesn't helps, you can run the following in your terminal:

npm install -g create-react-app

This will install the required dependencies to load the directories which should be pre-loaded at the time of creation of a react-app!

create-react-app only creates package.json file

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