How can I solve 'Error: Unable to start debugging' issue for outlook add in react project?

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Swapnil Madav 0

I created outlook add-in project by following steps mention in below training module.

but after executing 'npm start or npm run start' getting below error without any details.

Debugging is being started...

App type: desktop

Error: Unable to start debugging.

I have installed required prequisites mentioned in module.

which are :

I also tried reinstalling node, visual studio code and also tried clearing data from appdata and temp folder. But still getting same problem.

current installation versions

node v20.10.0

npm 10.2.5

How can I resolve this? What am I missing?

Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-25T01:48:47.4966667+00:00

Hi @Swapnil Madav ,

It seems that you are encountering issue about development, please kindly understand that the Outlook tag here we mainly focus on general issues about Outlook desktop client and know little about development. To better help solve your issue, I added the “Office-development “tag in your post.

Thanks for your understanding and hope your issue can be resolved.
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Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-25T01:48:47.4966667+00:00

Hi @Swapnil Madav ,

It seems that you are encountering issue about development, please kindly understand that the Outlook tag here we mainly focus on general issues about Outlook desktop client and know little about development. To better help solve your issue, I added the “Office-development “tag in your post.

Thanks for your understanding and hope your issue can be resolved.
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