npx create-nx-workspace@latest fails on project scaffolding

Current Behavior

$ npx create-nx-workspace@latest troyweb
npx: installed 179 in 15.407s
? What to create in the new workspace angular-nest      [a workspace with a full stack application (Angular + Nest)]
? Application name                    project-jump-start
? Default stylesheet format           SASS(.scss)  [ http://sass-lang.com   ]
? Use Nx Cloud? (It's free and doesn't require registration.) No
Creating a sandbox with Nx...
error @angular-devkit/architect@0.1000.8: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">= 1.13.0".
error Found incompatible module
(node:31432) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: yarn install --silent
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:630:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:15)
    at createSandbox (C:\Users\Tyler\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\31432\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:341:21)
    at C:\Users\Tyler\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\31432\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:90:40
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
(node:31432) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:31432) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

$ npm init nx-workspace troyweb
npx: installed 179 in 14.208s
? What to create in the new workspace angular-nest      [a workspace with a full stack application (Angular + Nest)]
? Application name                    project-jump-start
? Default stylesheet format           SASS(.scss)  [ http://sass-lang.com   ]
? Use Nx Cloud? (It's free and doesn't require registration.) Yes [Faster builds, run details, Github integration. Learn more at https://nx.app]
Creating a sandbox with Nx...
error @angular-devkit/architect@0.1000.8: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">= 1.13.0".
error Found incompatible module
(node:41924) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: yarn install --silent
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:630:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:15)
    at createSandbox (C:\Users\Tyler\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\3908\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:341:21)
    at C:\Users\Tyler\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_npx\3908\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:90:40
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
(node:41924) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:41924) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

$ create-nx-workspace
? Workspace name (e.g., org name)     troyweb
? What to create in the new workspace angular-nest      [a workspace with a full stack application (Angular + Nest)]
? Application name                    project-jump-start
? Default stylesheet format           SASS(.scss)  [ http://sass-lang.com   ]
? Use Nx Cloud? (It's free and doesn't require registration.) Yes [Faster builds, run details, Github integration. Learn more at https://nx.app]
Creating a sandbox with Nx...
error @angular-devkit/architect@0.1000.8: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">= 1.13.0".
error Found incompatible module
(node:39904) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: yarn install --silent
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:630:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:15)
    at createSandbox (C:\Users\Tyler\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:341:21)
    at C:\Users\Tyler\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:90:40
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
(node:39904) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:39904) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

Steps to Reproduce

npx create-nx-workspace@latest npm init nx-workspace troyweb create-nx-workspace

Environment

Windows 10 Pro x64 npm bash

[Tyler-V]

Windows users, install this with powershell to avoid issues.

In my case, my yarn env was set to an incompatible version used in other projects thanks @Cammisuli

[bekos]

Indeed it seems that this was a problem with Yarn incompatibility. Since v10.4 the we default to NPM, unless --package-manager flag is used when creating a new workspace. I suppose this will solve your issue, but feel free to reopen in case there is a problem.