create-react-app doesn't generate public and src folders thus cannot get started

Question

i have installed CRA for over a month and have been working with it without having any problems, however today i created a new react app and it builds the folders and directories except it doesn't generate src and public folder(it just generated node-modules folder) thus when i run npm start it gives me an error saying:

npm ERR! missing script: start

Answer 1

I tried all the suggestions stated above but none works for me.I just run these commands and create a new project.

1. npm rm -g create-react-app
2. npm install -g create-react-app
3. npx create-react-app@latest my-app

This work for me.

Answer 2

You can create project with yarn:

yarn create-react-app my-app

Answer 3

I have tried installing in different computers and for most cases the above codes helped to fix the issue. But in a rare case I had to use another code and it worked perfectly. Try running the below code

 npx --ignore-existing create-react-app Your-AppName

Answer 4

I still have no idea what was the reason but I got it working doing these:

-uninstalled create-react-appusing npm uninstall -g create-react-app.

-using npx create-react-app app-name I created a new app and now it's working as expected.

Answer 5

Initially you might have installed create-react-app globally.Try to remove using npm uninstall -g create-react-app command and then try npx create-react-app <your-app-name>. The reason is, npx should use it's latest version to work. Hope your doubt is now cleared