'Unexpected token '.' when run create-react-app

I am trying to create a new React app using this command on Windows using Node 16.14

npx create-react-app my-app

But it fails with this error npm ERR! Unexpected token '.'

From the log, this is the stack trace:

28 verbose stack C:\ProgramData\nvm\v16.14.0\node_modules\npm\node_modules\libnpmexec:1
28 verbose stack ../workspaces/libnpmexec
28 verbose stack ^
28 verbose stack
28 verbose stack SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
28 verbose stack     at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18)
28 verbose stack     at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1032:15)
28 verbose stack     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1067:27)
28 verbose stack     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:10)
28 verbose stack     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
28 verbose stack     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
28 verbose stack     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
28 verbose stack     at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
28 verbose stack     at Object.<anonymous> (C:\ProgramData\nvm\v16.14.0\node_modules\npm\lib\commands\exec.js:1:17)
28 verbose stack     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)

Can you please tell me what is the issue?

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Solution 1:^[1]

Try to downgrade npm version. I had this same, on 16.14.0. I recommend nvm for changing node version. For example: nvm install 14.18.1 nvm use 14.18.1

Solution 2:^[2]

If you're using nvm, upgrading to the latest version of nvm (1.1.9 at the time of writing), uninstalling the node version and reinstalling it fixes the issue.

They issued a special patch for that issue

Solution 3:^[3]

The error is in the debuglog.js file, line 10, located in the path:

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\debuglog\debuglog.js:10

The error is quite simple, to fix it change the command that is there as follows if (!debugs[set?) to if (!debugs[set]) and save as administrator.

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Solution 1	Marcin Kot
Solution 2	baywet
Solution 3	Ícaro Bomfim Teles

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