Error while installing React - "Cannot find module 'block-stream'

Question

1. This is the line executed:

   PS E:\React_js> npx create-react-app React_js
   node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:942
   throw err;
   ^
   

2. The error tells cannot find module:

   Error: Cannot find module 'block-stream'
   Require stack:
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:939:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:780:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\c67e74de0542c87c\node_modules\tar-pack\node_modules\tar\lib\entry-writer.js:7:19)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:827:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19) {
   
    code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [
      'C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\c67e74de0542c87c\\node_modules\\tar-pack\\node_modules\\tar\\lib\\entry-writer.js',
      'C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\c67e74de0542c87c\\node_modules\\tar-pack\\node_modules\\tar\\lib\\pack.js',
      'C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\c67e74de0542c87c\\node_modules\\tar-pack\\node_modules\\tar\\tar.js',
      'C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\c67e74de0542c87c\\node_modules\\tar-pack\\index.js',
      'C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\c67e74de0542c87c\\node_modules\\create-react-app\\createReactApp.js',
      'C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\c67e74de0542c87c\\node_modules\\create-react-app\\index.js'
    ]
   

3. I have tried executing it on both VS and cmd
   Nodejs version v18.0.0