Cannot add browser platform

I am getting the following when I am trying to add a browser platform to cordova. It is a newly created application and nothing else (bare bones).

I have tried to remove and re-add and that didn't work.

cordova platform add browser
Adding browser project...
Running command: cmd "/s /c
C:\Users\userid\.cordova\lib\npm_cache\cordova-browser\4.1.0\package\bin\create.bat c:\devl\cordova\test2\MyApp\platforms\browser io.cordova.hellocordova HelloCordova""
The node identifier for MYCOMPUTER is ABCD123.
Error: The provided path "c:\devl\cordova\test2\MyApp\platforms\browser" is not a valid browser project.

Node version: v6.10.2

Cordova version: 6.5.0

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