Create-react-app: npx create-react-app does not includes required files and directories

[SyedNajam93]

when I use npx create-react-app myapp, all required files and directories are not being created, only package.json, package-lock.json, and node_modules are created automatically.
Please help, am I missing something?
It also says that:

A template was not provided. This is likely because you're using an outdated version of create-react-app.
Please note that global installs of create-react-app are no longer supported

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[miraage]

You need to delete a global installation of create-react-app, via npm rm -g create-react-app

[harish-aka-shivi]

The same issue just happened to me. I have ensured that there is not a global installation of create-react-app, yet It is still happening.
Here is the command which I ran:
npx create-react-app react-example

[harish-aka-shivi]

Ok, I found the solution to this problem.

This issue has a detailed discussion on this topic.
The gist is that there is a create-react-app installed in node_modules directory somewhere up in the directory tree.

@miraage npm rm -g create-react-app was not solving the issue and it was not deleting the global issue.
So I went in the /usr/local/bin and manually deleted the create-react-app. This solved the issue. I still don't understand why the above command did not work.

BTW I am using a MacBook.

[BengBu-YueZhang]

mark

[mohan-murali]

As stated earlier, this issue seems to be because of older version of create-react-app. You can either find the older version installed in _usr/local/bin_ or _/usr/local/lib/node_modules_ folders.
If this doesnt work for you then you can use the below command

_npx --ignore-existing create-react-app_

[SyedNajam93]

Hey so for now i used , gitbash cli and it seems to work and gave me the entire template .It wasn't working on visual studio code so Iam not sure whats going on LOL.