# 2 processes of julia.exe in the background when using vscode

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194
**Category:** Tooling
**Created:** [March 21, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194 "2022-03-21T06:36:25Z")
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### Author: ![lyulyu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lyulyu/32/29781_2.png) [@lyulyu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lyulyu)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194/1 "2022-03-21T06:36:25Z")

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2 processes of julia.exe in the background when using vscode, this problem disappears while using atom.  
environment:  
win10-x64, julia-1.7.0.  
julia-client, v0.12.6 (for Atom); vscode-julia-extension, v1.6.5.

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### Author: ![lyulyu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lyulyu/32/29781_2.png) [@lyulyu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lyulyu)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194/2 "2022-03-21T06:37:10Z")

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![atom_julia](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/a/6a842a4365431203891067079c4808a54df5af05.png)

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### Author: ![lyulyu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lyulyu/32/29781_2.png) [@lyulyu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lyulyu)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194/3 "2022-03-21T06:38:06Z")

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![vscode_julia](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/b/cba025af5b32ed61003c1544dbae503512968c3f.png)

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### Author: ![hexaeder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/hexaeder/32/24403_2.png) [@hexaeder](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hexaeder)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/2-processes-of-julia-exe-in-the-background-when-using-vscode/78194/4 "2022-03-21T07:17:05Z")

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Thats probably the language server (ie the Julia instance helping VSCode with autocompletion and so on).