Error on Node JS npm/npx project creating with vite/react js "node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1205 throw err"

Question

Currently i'm running node -v v22.0.0 Here I'm creating a new React Js porject. but when initiating the project with vite technology, it errors like this in the terminal.

npm create vite@latest

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1205
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\rvdas\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'       
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1202:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1027:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:187:14)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:28:49 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v22.0.0

Also, when I try to create app using

npx create-react-app projectName

It also errors like above.

I tried clearning cache

npm cache clean --force

Didn't work.

Answer 1

Try the fix below. Was originally posted here.

You have to copy C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm to %AppData%\Roaming\npm\node_modules temporarily.

I think this issue only occurs on:

• Fresh installation of Node v22
• Upgraded to Node v22 but never installed npm globally (npm i -g npm) before

The new npm script seems to only check global installation by default and will not use the version bundled in the Node installation directory.