file_get_contents(C:\xampp\htdocs\estarter-ecommerce-for-laravel/.env): failed to open stream: No such file or directory

[Raffian-moin]

php artisan key:generate
it shows the following error
file_get_contents(C:\xampp\htdocs\estarter-ecommerce-for-laravel/.env): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
in the directory path there is backslash.i think it is causing the problem.how do i solve it?

[MohammedAlzard]

You have to make a copy of the file .env.example, to run it php artisan key:generate.

cp .env.example .env