New React app failed to compile immediatly following install

Question

I have been using React Native for a while but figured I would try out React on the web. So I followed this guide: https://reactjs.org/docs/create-a-new-react-app.html but after using npx create-react-app react-try , navigating to the new folder, and typing yarn start I get this error message:

Failed to compile.

./src/index.js 1:60
Module parse failed: Unexpected token (1:60)
File was processed with these loaders:
 * ./node_modules/@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin/loader/index.js
 * ./node_modules/react-scripts/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/index.js
You may need an additional loader to handle the result of these loaders.
> $RefreshRuntime$ = require('C:/Users/e096752/Documents/Cole's Git Repos/react-try/node_modules/react-refresh/runtime.js');
| $RefreshSetup$(module.id);

This is everything that was included with the create method: Project

Package.json

{
  "name": "react-try",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.4",
    "@testing-library/react": "^11.1.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^12.1.10",
    "react": "^17.0.1",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.1",
    "react-scripts": "4.0.2",
    "web-vitals": "^1.0.1"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": [
      "react-app",
      "react-app/jest"
    ]
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  }
}

If there is any other info you need please let me know. What in the world do I need to do?

Solution 1

There appears to be a problem with react-scripts 4.0.2. A workaround is to change version manually to 4.0.1 on package.json then run yarn install. That will do!

Solution 2

this problem happened for me because of the single quotation in the folder name, removing it solved the issue.

Solution 3

package.json -> change version to 4.0.1 in "react-scripts": "4.0.1" ->run npm install again

Comments

[ColeDOT]

That's actually exactly what I did. I meant to delete this question but forgot to. Thanks for the answer though now other people can see it.

[BibDev]

Same problem with "react-scripts": "4.0.3". With "react-scripts": "4.0.1", it works !

[edemaine]

Welcome to StackOverflow! It's not helpful to repeat another answer (in this case, @fabiangamboa95's). Try answering an unanswered question instead. :-)

[jasonseminara]

I don't think you should be editing anything in your node_modules. You'll lose it on the next install.