title: How to resolve npm error: npm start not working
body: <p>i am trying to install &quot;npx create-react-app new&quot; it successfully installs, however &quot;npm start&quot; shows error:</p>
  <pre><code>PS D:\react project\new&gt; npm start
  npm ERR! code ENOENT
  npm ERR! syscall open
  npm ERR! path D:\react project\new/package.json
  npm ERR! errno -4058
  npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'D:\react project\new\package.json'
  npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
  npm ERR! enoent
  
  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
  npm ERR!     C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-03-15T08_51_51_601Z-debug.log
  PS D:\react project\new&gt;
  </code></pre>
  <p>I checked my package.json, it looks fine, anyone can suggest whats the issue here?</p>