'react-scripts' is not recognized as an internal or external command

'react-scripts' is not recognized as an internal or external command #

To solve the error "react-scripts is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file", open your terminal in your project's root directory and install the react-scripts package by running npm install react-scripts and clear your npm cache if necessary.

Open your terminal in your project's root directory (where your package.json file is located) and run the following command:

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# 👇️ With npm
npm install react-scripts

# ----------------------------------------------

# 👇️ With yarn
yarn add react-scripts

If the error is not resolved, try to delete your node_modules and package-lock.json (not package.json) files, re-run npm install and restart your IDE.

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# 👇️ delete node_modules and package-lock.json
rm -rf node_modules
rm -f package-lock.json

# 👇️ clean npm cache
npm cache clean --force

npm install

If the error persists, open your terminal in your project's root directory and run the npm audit fix command:

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npm audit fix

The npm audit fix command looks for vulnerabilities and applies remediations to the package tree.

If you get an error while running the command, add the --force flag at the end:

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npm audit fix --force

If the error is not resolved, try installing the latest version of react-scripts.

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# 👇️ With npm
npm install react-scripts@latest

# ----------------------------------------------

# 👇️ With yarn
yarn add react-scripts@latest

If the "react-scripts is not recognized as an internal or external command" error persists, open your package.json file and make sure it contains the react-scripts package in the dependencies object.

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{
  // ... rest
  "dependencies": {
    "react-scripts": "^5.0.0"
  }
}

The react-scripts module should NOT be globally installed or be in your project's devDependencies, it should be in the dependencies object in your package.json file.

You can try to manually add the line and re-run npm install.

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npm install

Or install the latest version of the package:

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npm install react-scripts@latest

Conclusion #

To solve the error "react-scripts is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file", open your terminal in your project's root directory and install the react-scripts package by running npm install react-scripts and clear your npm cache if necessary.