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General Discussion Installing and Using Create React App

Posted by Anuj Verma
Anuj Verma
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Problem in installing react app

npx create-react-app my-app 'npx' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. This is error is popping up.

1 Answer

Mark Westerweel
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Mark Westerweel
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Mark Westerweel
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Mark Westerweel
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,378 Points

Try create-react-app my-app . It should do the trick. In the vid, Guill first does installing it through npm install create-react-app

Other than that, it may be because of a slow internet connection (see link)[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/24156/npx-create-react-app-app-names-keeps-on-failing-in.html]

npx create-react-app my-app is another way. You don't need to npm install first. NPX is modern