# Expo could not be found in this project

**URL:** <https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556>\
**Category:** React Native\
**Created:** [August 3, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556 "2021-08-03T18:57:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556/1 "2021-08-03T18:57:18Z")

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I have installed expo using npm install expo-cli --global but whenever I try to do npm start or expo start I get Expo could not be found - have you run yarn install or npm install yet? any ways to fix that?

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**Author:** ![dpickut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@dpickut](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/dpickut)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556/2 "2021-08-03T23:13:35Z")

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Even though you installed Expo globally, I think you need to create an Expo project (folder) with `expo init` before you can run `expo start`. Did you do that?

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556/3 "2021-08-03T23:26:37Z")

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yes I did and in fact I went a step further an error popped saying like you need to install expo-status-bar and I did that and after that running expo start I got an error saying something along the lines of couldnt fine a module in react-native/package.json (and in fact if I check the node\_modules folder I cant seem to find the react-native folder even tho I did npm install react-native) and it gives me an error stack thing dont know what to do

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**Author:** ![dpickut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@dpickut](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/dpickut)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556/4 "2021-08-04T18:30:44Z")

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I checked the node\_modules folders on one of my React Native projects and yes, there is a react-native folder. You might try deleting your node\_modules folder and then running expo install or yarn install – which will reinstall all the modules/libraries listed in your package.json folder. This gives you a “fresh” build to work with.

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/expo-could-not-be-found-in-this-project/6556/5 "2021-08-04T18:50:51Z")

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I will try to uninstalk node completely and reinstall the latest version that works on win 7 hope this will work