# Not able to create-react- app

**URL:** <https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/not-able-to-create-react-app/1762>\
**Category:** React\
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/not-able-to-create-react-app/1762 "2021-01-08T03:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![codeknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@codeknight](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/codeknight)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/not-able-to-create-react-app/1762/13 "2021-01-13T16:38:16Z")

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found the solution here:

> [@React course out dated?](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/react-course-out-dated/277/4):
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> I found a simple fix that you can use to get exactly the same app structure that mosh has: npm uninstall create-react-app npm uninstall -g create-react-app npm install -g create-react-app@1.5.2 create-react-app --help //to check if installed correctly, should return the help info create-react-app my-app --scripts-version=react-scripts@1.1.4 cd my-app npm start

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