Could not find an NgModule. Use the skip-import option to skip importing in NgModule

Question

I get the error in the subject of this post when I use the CLI to create a new component: ng g c my-component --project=my-project (No component is created)

I've seen other posts with the same error message, but none of them also include Nrwl/Nx, which I believe is somehow involved. Project started as Ng4 and was upgraded to Ng6.

Environment:

• Angular CLI: 6.0.8
• Node: 8.9.4
• OS: win32 x64
• Angular: 6.0.6
• @angular-devkit/architect 0.6.8
• @angular-devkit/build-angular 0.6.8
• @angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.6.8
• @angular-devkit/core 0.6.8
• @angular-devkit/schematics 0.6.8
• @angular/cdk 6.3.1
• @angular/cli 6.0.8
• @angular/material 6.3.1
• @ngtools/webpack 6.0.8
• @schematics/angular 0.6.1
• @schematics/update 0.6.8
• rxjs 6.2.1
• typescript 2.7.2
• webpack 4.8.3
• nrwl/nx 6.1.0

UPDATE #1

I tried dropping the --project flag entirely ( so just ng g c my-component) and still get the same problem. Not sure what that means, yet.

Answer 1

Quick fix

1) Change current directory in cmd/terminal to src/app

cd src/app (linux)

cd .\src\app\ (windows)

2) Run commands now

ng g c myComponent