create-react-app: Error: spawn UNKNOWN

When I try to run a basics npx create-react-app i received this error

D:\>npx create-react-app abc
npx: installed 67 in 4.255s

Creating a new React app in D:\abc.

Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts with cra-template...


Aborting installation.
Unexpected error. Please report it as a bug:
Error: spawn UNKNOWN
    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:403:11)
    at Object.spawn (child_process.js:553:9)
    at spawn (C:\Users\Gilang\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\17768\node_modules\create-react-app\node_modules\cross-spawn\index.js:12:24)
    at C:\Users\Gilang\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\17768\node_modules\create-react-app\createReactApp.js:407:19
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at install (C:\Users\Gilang\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\17768\node_modules\create-react-app\createReactApp.js:359:10)
    at C:\Users\Gilang\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\17768\node_modules\create-react-app\createReactApp.js:485:16
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5) {
  errno: -4094,
  code: 'UNKNOWN',
  syscall: 'spawn'
}

Deleting generated file... package.json
Deleting abc/ from D:\
Done.

I’m using windows 10 version 20H2 and node v14.15.4.

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I’ve had this problem, the solution is that I uninstalled the antivirus from my computer

I’ve had this problem, the solution is that I uninstalled the antivirus from my computer

I removed the antivirus but still it does not work

I’ve had this problem, the solution is that I uninstalled the antivirus from my computer

Same here

When I try to run a basics npx create-react-app i received this error

I’ve had this problem, the solution is that I uninstalled the antivirus from my computer

I removed the antivirus but still it does not work

if there are other antivirus on your computer, try deleting them all.

No I don’t have any other antivirus and also I tried everything. Nothing seems to work. I have been banging my head on this error for more than 2 days.

I’ve had this problem, the solution is that I uninstalled the antivirus from my computer

I removed the antivirus but still it does not work

if there are other antivirus on your computer, try deleting them all.