Nx: (6.4.0) Not able to create new workspace on windows

[mbaljeetsingh]

When I run create-nx-workspace nxt, I'm not getting any error and no workspace is created also

and when is create the workspace using @nrwl/schematics collection with the command
ng new nxt --collection="@nrwl/schematics". I'm getting the following error,

I recently updated the @nrwl/schematics global package. I was working before.

Angular CLI info

[bcabanes]

Hi @mbaljeetsingh!

Would it be possible for you to test these commands? (I'm presuming that you are using npm)

npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
npm uninstall -g @nrwl/schematics
npm cache clean
npm install -g @angular/cli@latest @nrwl/schematics@latest

And then try again to create a new workspace.

[mbaljeetsingh]

Hi @bcabanes,
Did that, still getting the same error.

[mathpaquette]

same here! #838

[luchsamapparat]

Same problem here. After downgrading to 6.3.1 it worked again.

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[mh453Uol]

@mbaljeetsingh try create-nx-workspace myWorkspaceName to create a workspace.
Also I had the same issue as you however I installed angular cli 6.0.0 then it work fine.

[guibulator]

create-nx-workspace doesn`t seem to be working on windows anymore.
My setup:

• node 10.14.1
• npm 6.4.1
• ng 7.1.2
• nx 7.1.1

I tried downgrading @nrwl/schematics to 6.3.1 but no luck.
I tried installing the latest node and npm on both my mac and PC.
I succeeded running create-nx-workspace on my mac.
On my PC, I get this error

Creating a sandbox with the CLI and Nx Schematics...
child_process.js:651
throw err;
^
Error: Command failed: npm install --silent
at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:611:11)
at Object.execSync (child_process.js:648:13)
at Object. (C:\Users\GUIBULATOR\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\no
de_modules\@nrwl\schematics\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:77:21)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:741:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:285:19)

[guibulator]

It fails only when using npm. If I use --yarn, it will work, Any ideas why? I thought it might have been related to admin rights needed to execute the process, but it works with --yarn.

[mh453Uol]

@guibulator I had the same issue I followed @bcabanes advice and upgraded the angular cli. I think the issue happens when you dont supply all the argument to create-nx-workspace

[vsavkin]

Closing this. If the problem persists with Nx 7.8, could you reopen it?