change vue cli create path location on Windows

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I am just getting started on Vue.js and I seem to have run into a weirdness I could use some help with. When I creates a new project with the CLI it creates the new project folder in the root of my user folder. This is just plain bad practice. I would not mind putting them into a vue-projects subfolder but would like it even better if I could put them in my c:\inetpup\ folder.

I can't seem to do either. If I specify a path during create I get the following error Error: name can only contain URL-friendly characters. I have tried a number of different formats vue create "vueprojects\helloworld", vue create "vueprojects/helloworld/", vue create ".\vueprojects\helloworld", vue create "c:\inetpub\vueprojects\helloworld" among others. I even true the vue ui but it gives me a JS run time error.

The docs and my Google fu are failing me. Seems like such a simple thing so I am baffled.

The first argument should be the app name, so it doesnt accept paths. Try to use two commands, like `cd c:\inetpub\vueprojects && vue create helloworld ` — Max Martynov, Mar 24 '20 at 22:19

Brad Mathews · Answer 1 · 2020-03-24T22:31:06.460

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Forehead slap. It will create the project in the current folder.

So you have to cd into the folder you want to create the project in and then do your vue create.

Never mentioned in the vue cli guide or the tutorial I am using so one of those many "we assume you already knew it" things that hang us up learning new things.

edited Mar 24 '20 at 22:31

answered Mar 24 '20 at 22:20

Brad Mathews

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`vue create` internally does a `git clone`, so it clones wherever you are. – tao Mar 24 '20 at 22:34

change vue cli create path location on Windows

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