Reputation: 21
Steps :
1-- npm install cypress --save-dev 2-- \node_modules.bin>cypress open
Message: EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'D:\newProCypress\node_modules.bin\cypress'
Stack trace:
[object Object]
at fn (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:88145:14)
at ipcBus (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:88164:10)
at Object.ipc.<computed> [as openProject] (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:88205:69)
at Object.openProject (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:90620:67)
at Project.componentDidMount (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:90201:78)
at ik (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75003:360)
at ../../node_modules/react-dom/node_modules/scheduler/cjs/scheduler.production.min.js.exports.unstable_runWithPriority (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75103:437)
at fg (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74872:325)
at Yj (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74996:437)
at Lj (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74975:420)
at file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74873:115
at ../../node_modules/react-dom/node_modules/scheduler/cjs/scheduler.production.min.js.exports.unstable_runWithPriority (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75103:437)
at fg (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74872:325)
at ig (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74873:61)
at jg (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74872:496)
at bk (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74976:156)
at reactionScheduler (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:48544:47)
at runReactions (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:48520:5)
at endBatch (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:48220:9)
From previous event:
at App.componentDidMount (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:86166:77)
at ik (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75003:360)
at ../../node_modules/react-dom/node_modules/scheduler/cjs/scheduler.production.min.js.exports.unstable_runWithPriority (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75103:437)
at fg (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74872:325)
at Yj (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74996:437)
at Lj (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74975:420)
at Rg (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74966:137)
at rk (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75031:43)
at file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75034:301
at ck (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:74976:210)
at zk (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75034:287)
at render (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:75038:416)
at Object.start (file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/app.js:88777:61)
at file:///C:/Users/u65557/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/4.5.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/desktop-gui/dist/index.html:29:11
Upvotes: 0
Views: 363
Reputation: 21
I have solved this problem.
When you run Cypress for the first time your terminal should not be in the node_modules\.bin
directory.
When you run Cypress for the first time, it will try to create a cypress
file in the current directory (which will contain differents files like test examples). This name is already used in the node_modules\.bin
directory. That's why you encounter this error.
I therefore recommend that you move to the parent directory of node_modules
using cd ..\..
then use npx cypress open
. This should allow you to launch Cypress like for me.
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 3069
Go to the project root and do
node_modules\.bin\cypress open
or
npx cypress open
or create npm script in package.json
"scripts": {
"open": "cypress open"
}
and run
npm run open
or install yarn and run
yarn cypress open
Upvotes: 1