Create-react-app: npm create-react-app awesome-project fails with node_modules\core-js: EINVAL: invalid argument error

[SatishAncha]

npx create-react-app not working properly and continuously failing

OS: Windows 10
Yarn version: 1.21.0
Node version: 13.3.0
Npm version: 6.13.1

Attached the logs file.

Here below is cmd prompt logs:
C:\Userssatis\Documents\reacttest>npx create-react-app awesome-project

Creating a new React app in C:\Userssatis\Documents\reacttest\awesome-project.

warning ....\package.json: No license field
Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts with cra-template...

yarn add v1.21.0
warning ....\package.json: No license field
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
info [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
warning "react-scripts > @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin > [email protected]" has unmet peer dependency "typescript@>=2.8.0 || >= 3.2.0-dev || >= 3.3.0-dev || >= 3.4.0-dev || >= 3.5.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-beta || >= 3.7.0-dev || >= 3.7.0-beta".
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
[1/3] ⠂ core-js-pure
[2/3] ⠂ core-js
error An unexpected error occurred: "C:\Userssatis\Documents\reacttest\awesome-project\node_modules\core-js: EINVAL: invalid argument, mkdir 'C:\Userssatis\AppData\Local\Temp;C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot;\yarn--1576052903837-0.6643317013326462'".
info If you think this is a bug, please open a bug report with the information provided in "C:\Userssatis\Documents\

Aborting installation.
yarnpkg add --exact react react-dom react-scripts cra-template --cwd C:\Userssatis\Documents\reacttest\awesome-project has failed.
yarn-error.log

[heyimalex]

The issue was with running the command yarnpkg add --exact react react-dom react-scripts cra-template --cwd C:\Users\satis\Documents\reacttest\awesome-project, which is out of our control, so I don't think I can help much.

Try running with the --use-npm flag and see if it still happens? npx create-react-app awesome-project --use-npm.

[jrsconfitto]

I'm seeing the same thing a similar failure on my development system while creating a new app, specifying the --use-npm flag did allow me to create an app.

My OS is Windows 10, here's the console output:

PS D:\src\Experimental> npx create-react-app my-react-app
npx: installed 91 in 8.731s

Creating a new React app in D:\src\Experimental\my-react-app.

(node:13656) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts with cra-template...

yarn add v0.27.5
(node:2268) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
warning [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
warning [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
error [email protected]: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=1.0.0".
error Found incompatible module
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.

Aborting installation.
  yarnpkg add --exact react react-dom react-scripts cra-template --cwd D:\src\Experimental\my-react-app has failed.

Deleting generated file... package.json
Deleting generated file... yarn.lock
Deleting my-react-app/ from D:\src\Experimental
Done.

[heyimalex]

@jrsconfitto Seems like you just need to upgrade yarn? 0.27 is a couple of years old.

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