React Native: "error Cannot start server in new window because no terminal app was specified" [closed]

Question

After updating to React Native v73.1, I'm getting the below error when trying to run the app in Windows:

error Cannot start server in new window because no terminal app was specified.

How can I fix it?

On a Mac machine, there aren't any issues. Only Windows is facing this issue.

Answer 1

It looks like Metro has lost support for Windows Terminal and only allows a Bash terminal. I had to launch it once in Git Bash, and keep the Metro window open, before being able to launch React Native in Windows Terminal.

It seems there isn't much we can do, aside from waiting for React Native and Metro to fix it.

I have created an issue there: Metro on Windows: Cannot start server in new window because no terminal app was specified #1160