title: Is there a reason that "NPM Run Start" cannot find application and cannot start Server?
body: <p>familiar with some git and basics of programming. Learning js from a pluralsight course</p>
  <p>I start by cloning a web-dev-starter repo into a directory:</p>
  <p>git clone <a href="https://github.com/pluralsight/web-dev-starter.git" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/pluralsight/web-dev-starter.git</a></p>
  <p>I do npm install</p>
  <p>This code uses lite-server to print &quot;Hello World&quot; at localhost:3000</p>
  <p>Now when I clone repo, the Script.js file is empty</p>
  <p>So maybe that's where the problem lies. if it is, then shame on the dev for not having anything in there.</p>
  <p>I've tried running npm install --save-dev lite-server to make sure node modules contain this</p>
  <p>however, when I run &quot;NPM Run Start&quot; I see <em>How do you want to open this file</em>:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gCeqv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gCeqv.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>and then if I choose visual studio to open file</p>
  <p>it opens
  C:\windows\system32\npm   (a file with no extension)</p>
  <p>Empty file:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZO19x.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZO19x.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>What do I do here?</p>