Trouble getting Expo React Native environment setup

Question

I am having no end of trouble getting my environment setup correctly for Expo. I have been going around in circles with error messages.

My environment is setup with the following:

• Windows: 11
• NVM: 1.1.9
• Nodejs: 16.13.2
• NPM: 8.4.0
• expo-cli: 5.0.3

Working through the primers I run expo init my-app, which seems to run successfully using the blank template. It returns the following:

C:\Projects\expoenvsetup>expo init my-app
√ Choose a template: » blank               a minimal app as clean as an empty canvas
√ Downloaded and extracted project files.
📦 Using npm to install packages.
√ Installed JavaScript dependencies.

✅ Your project is ready!

To run your project, navigate to the directory and run one of the following npm commands.

- cd my-app
- npm start # you can open iOS, Android, or web from here, or run them directly with the commands below.
- npm run android
- npm run ios # requires an iOS device or macOS for access to an iOS simulator
- npm run web

C:\Projects\expoenvsetup>

I then change to the my-app folder and run expo start and get the error:

Cannot find module ‘resolve-from’
Require stack:

C:\Users\scott\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v16.13.2\node_modules@expo\metro-config\build\ExpoMetroConfig.js
C:\Users\scott\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v16.13.2\node_modules\expo-cli\build\exp.js
C:\Users\scott\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v16.13.2\node_modules\expo-cli\bin\expo.js

I get the same error if I run npm run android which simply runs expo start --android anyway. I tried running npm i from the my-app folder which returned the following output:

C:\Projects\expoenvsetup\my-app>npm install

changed 49 packages, and audited 803 packages in 10s

29 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

15 vulnerabilities (4 low, 10 moderate, 1 high)

To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Run `npm audit` for details.

Running npm audit returns the following:

C:\Projects\expoenvsetup\my-app>npm audit
# npm audit report

ansi-regex  >2.1.1 <5.0.1
Severity: moderate
 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in chalk/ansi-regex - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-93q8-gq69-wqmw
fix available via `npm audit fix --force`
Will install [email protected], which is a breaking change
node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/ansi-regex
node_modules/ansi-fragments/node_modules/ansi-regex
node_modules/ora/node_modules/ansi-regex
  strip-ansi  4.0.0 - 5.2.0
  Depends on vulnerable versions of ansi-regex
  node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/node_modules/strip-ansi
  node_modules/ansi-fragments/node_modules/strip-ansi
  node_modules/ora/node_modules/strip-ansi
    @react-native-community/cli  2.0.0-alpha.1 - 2.0.0-rc.5 || >=2.0.1
    Depends on vulnerable versions of @react-native-community/cli-hermes
    Depends on vulnerable versions of @react-native-community/cli-types
    Depends on vulnerable versions of ora
    Depends on vulnerable versions of react-native
    Depends on vulnerable versions of strip-ansi
    node_modules/@react-native-community/cli
      react-native  <=0.0.0-ffdfbbec0 || >=0.60.0-rc.0
      Depends on vulnerable versions of @react-native-community/cli
      Depends on vulnerable versions of @react-native-community/cli-platform-android
      node_modules/react-native
    ansi-fragments  *
    Depends on vulnerable versions of strip-ansi
    node_modules/ansi-fragments
      logkitty  *
      Depends on vulnerable versions of ansi-fragments
      node_modules/logkitty
        @react-native-community/cli-platform-android  *
        Depends on vulnerable versions of logkitty
        node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android
          @react-native-community/cli-hermes  *
          Depends on vulnerable versions of @react-native-community/cli-platform-android
          node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-hermes
    ora  2.0.0 - 4.0.2
    Depends on vulnerable versions of strip-ansi
    node_modules/ora
      @react-native-community/cli-types  5.0.0-alpha.0 - 6.0.0
      Depends on vulnerable versions of ora
      node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-types

node-fetch  <=2.6.6
Severity: high
The `size` option isn't honored after following a redirect in node-fetch - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7rc-rwvf-8q5r
node-fetch is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r683-j2x4-v87g
fix available via `npm audit fix --force`
Will install [email protected], which is a breaking change
node_modules/isomorphic-fetch/node_modules/node-fetch
  isomorphic-fetch  2.0.0 - 2.2.1
  Depends on vulnerable versions of node-fetch
  node_modules/isomorphic-fetch
    fbjs  0.7.0 - 1.0.0
    Depends on vulnerable versions of isomorphic-fetch
    node_modules/fbemitter/node_modules/fbjs
      fbemitter  2.0.3 - 3.0.0-alpha.1
      Depends on vulnerable versions of fbjs
      node_modules/fbemitter
        expo  >=14.0.0
        Depends on vulnerable versions of fbemitter
        node_modules/expo

15 vulnerabilities (4 low, 10 moderate, 1 high)

To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

I have also tried running expo init my-app --npm but am having the same results, i.e. expo start gives me the same "Cannot find module ‘resolve-from’" error message.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.