Issue with start script

[traghubans]

Getting an issue when running npm start. Here's the full breakdown:

Cannot destructure property stat of 'undefined' or 'null'.
at Object. (C:\streetmerchant\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\node-gyp\lib\index.js:2:29)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (C:\streetmerchant\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\run-script\lib\run-script-pkg.js:4:55)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
C:\streetmerchant\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\config\lib\index.js:163
throw new Error('call config.load() before reading values')

[Ali-Aftab]

I had a similar issue. I found that the version of node I was running on was an outdated version. Go to Nodejs.org and install the latest version. Then "npm install" and "npm run start".