can't create react app showing error as:

[ApoorvaLandge]

EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'C:\Users\BA'
TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
at errorMessage (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-message.js:38:39)
at errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:201:13)
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:78:20
at cb (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:225:22)
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:263:24
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:81:7
at Array.forEach ()
at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:80:13
at f (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\once\once.js:25:25)
at afterExtras (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\config\core.js:171:20)
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:97
var doExit = npm.config.loaded ? npm.config.get('_exit') : true
^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'loaded' of undefined
at exit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:97:27)
at process.errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:216:3)
at process.emit (events.js:311:20)
at process._fatalException (internal/process/execution.js:164:25)

[petetnt]

Hi @apoorv-vit,

this is a permissions error, you should try running the command in a folder that you have write rights to (eg C:\Users\BA\Documents).

cd Documents
npx create-react-app my-app