# Create new app - cordova plugin error **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v1\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/create-new-app-cordova-plugin-error/12204 "2014-11-05T14:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aledit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@aledit](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/aledit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/create-new-app-cordova-plugin-error/12204/1 "2014-11-05T14:33:46Z")
HEllo, i install Ionic, cordova & C and i try to create my first app I get C:\Ionic\>npm uninstall cordova -g unbuild cordova@4.0.0 C:\Ionic\>npm install -g cordova C:\Users\aled\AppData\Roaming\npm\cordova -\> C:\Users\aled\AppData\Roaming\npm\n ode\_modules\cordova\bin\cordova cordova@4.0.0 C:\Users\aled\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\cordova ├── q@0.9.7 ├── underscore@1.4.4 ├── nopt@2.2.1 (abbrev@1.0.5) └── cordova-lib@4.0.0 (osenv@0.0.3, properties-parser@0.2.3, bplist-parser@0.0.5 , mime@1.2.11, unorm@1.3.3, semver@2.0.11, dep-graph@1.1.0, shelljs@0.3.0, npmco nf@0.1.16, glob@3.2.11, xcode@0.6.7, rc@0.3.0, elementtree@0.1.5, d8@0.4.4, tar@ 0.1.20, request@2.22.0, plist@1.0.1, cordova-js@3.7.1, npm@1.3.4) C:\Ionic\>ionic start ionic2 Creating Ionic app in folder C:\Ionic\ionic2 based on tabs project Downloading: [https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip) [=============================] 100% 0.0s Downloading: [https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-tabs/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-tabs/archive/master.zip) [=============================] 100% 0.0s Update config.xml Initializing cordova project Unable to add plugins. Perhaps your version of Cordova is too old. Try updating (npm install -g cordova), removing this project folder, and trying again. (CLI v 1.2.8) C:\Ionic\>cordova --version 4.0.0 C:\Ionic\> What’s wrong?