Unable to create-reacte-app my-app using cmd. What could be the problem???

[Nketsia]

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[Nketsia]

Desktop\react>npx create-react-app new-app
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'C:\Users\Eddie'
TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
at errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:205:18)
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:78:20
at cb (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:228:22)
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:266:24
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:83:7
at Array.forEach ()
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:82:13
at f (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\once\once.js:25:25)
at afterExtras (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:173:20)
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:47:53
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:205
if (npm.config.get('json')) {
^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
at process.errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:205:18)
at process.emit (events.js:189:13)
at process._fatalException (internal/bootstrap/node.js:496:27)
Install for create-react-app@latest failed with code 7

[DylanMerigaud]

zkat/npx#100 (comment)

running cmd through administrator works for me

[gireeshpunathil]

ping @Nketsia - does @DylanMerigaud 's suggestion help you?

[gireeshpunathil]

answered, closing