title: npx create-react-app not working, file already exists
body: <p>I have uninstalled create-react-app globally as recommended. Then I ran <code>npx create-react-app test</code> and the following error occured</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error: EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'C:\Users\User'
  TypeError: Cannot read property 'loaded' of undefined
      at exit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:97:27)
      at errorHandler (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\error-handler.js:216:3)
      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 (&lt;anonymous&gt;)
      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:223:5)
      at process._fatalException (internal/process/execution.js:150:25)
  Install for [ 'create-react-app@latest' ] failed with code 7
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I searched online and tried the following <code>npm cache clean --force</code>. Doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>I made sure to uninstall create-react-app globally. Then ran <code>which create-react-app</code></p>
  
  <p>It gives me an error </p>
  
  <pre><code>'which' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So for now I will have to do <code>npm install -g create-react-app</code>, which is no longer recommended? </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>If you've previously installed create-react-app globally via npm install -g create-react-app, we recommend you uninstall the package using npm uninstall -g create-react-app to ensure that npx always uses the latest version.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How do I fix this?</p>