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

React throws error ‘react-scripts’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, when either react-scripts is not installed or there is folder permission errors.

Follow these steps to solve this issue –

1. Check if node_modules folder has write permission.
2. If react-scripts is not installed then install it within project scope –
   
   npm install react-scripts --save
   
   
3. If above step doesn’t work then try removing node_modules folder and reinstall packages using this command –
   
   rm -rf node_modules && npm install
   
   
4. You may also try auditing the packages for errors. It solves most of the problems –
   
   npm audit fix
   
   
5. Sometimes packages got deprecated and updating them solves the problem –
   
   npm update
   
   
6. Clearing the cache could help you too. Try this –
   
   npm cache clean --force && npm rebuild && npm install
   
   

The above steps will solve the React error of ‘react-scripts’ not recognized as an internal or external command.

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