Run react-scripts, but it’s not actually installed — or you’re inside a Next.js folder that’s configured like a React app.

 

🧭 Step 1: Check where you actually are

Run this in your terminal:

pwd

or in Windows CMD:

cd

✅ Make sure you’re inside your project root, for example:

D:\JS project\Next\abid

Then list files:

dir

You should see:

package.json
node_modules
...

If not — you’re in the wrong folder.

---

🧾 Step 2: Open your package.json

Please check what’s inside — especially these two parts:

① Dependencies

Does it include:

"react-scripts": "5.x"

or

"next": "14.x"

?

② Scripts section

Does it look like:

"scripts": {
  "start": "react-scripts start"
}

or like this:

"scripts": {
  "dev": "next dev"
}

---

👉 If it uses "react-scripts", it’s a React (Create React App) project — so run:

npm install react-scripts --save
npm start

👉 If it uses "next", it’s a Next.js project — so run:

npm install next react react-dom
npm run dev

---

🧹 Step 3: Clean everything & reinstall

If still failing:

rmdir /s /q node_modules
del package-lock.json
npm cache clean --force
npm install

Then:

• For React: npm start

• For Next.js: npm run dev

---

🚑 Step 4: If the error still mentions .bin

That means your .bin path got corrupted.
Fix it manually by removing and reinstalling binaries:

rmdir /s /q node_modules\.bin
npm rebuild