# Adding Julia to PATH on Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [February 20, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673 "2021-02-20T12:14:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![eliascarv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/eliascarv/32/22152_2.png) [@eliascarv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eliascarv)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673/1 "2021-02-20T12:14:02Z")

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Hello, I’m a beginner in programming with the Julia language and I have a question. Is adding Julia to PATH on Windows 10 really necessary?  
If I don’t, won’t my Julia code run on VSCode or Jupyter?  
P.S. Sorry for my English.

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**Author:** ![anon74562486](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@anon74562486](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon74562486)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673/2 "2021-02-20T12:44:42Z")

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Add the julia path in VS code (or Atom) settings.  
Then with alt+enter julia works inside VS code and you get inline execution.

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**Author:** ![Shuhua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/shuhua/32/27618_2.png) [@Shuhua](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Shuhua)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673/3 "2021-02-20T12:56:47Z")

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No need to add Julia to PATH in order to access it in VS code or Jupyter.

> If you installed Julia into a standard location on Mac or Windows, or if the Julia binary is on your `PATH` , the Julia VS Code extension automatically finds your Julia installation.  
> [Getting Started · Julia in VS Code](https://www.julia-vscode.org/docs/dev/gettingstarted/#Configuring-the-Julia-extension-1)

But if you want to use Julia in the command line on Windows 10 (e.g., for convenient tests and documentation), you may refer to the following link

> [@Windows terminal announcement](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-terminal-announcement/23929/4):
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> For those who may be interested in integrating Julia with Windows terminal. After Windows terminal is launched, go to setting (Unlike mine, you should only have a Windows PowerShell entry by default grin) [image] A JSON configuration file will be opened with some editor (for me, it is VS Code). In the “list” items, we see the default entry for Windows Powershell. Next, we will add an entry for Julia. Copy the entry of Windows Powershell and paste it below (still inside “lis…

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**Author:** ![eliascarv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/eliascarv/32/22152_2.png) [@eliascarv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eliascarv)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673/4 "2021-02-20T13:22:41Z")

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Thanks for the answer! This helped a lot to clarify my doubt.

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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673/5 "2021-02-20T13:45:37Z")

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@eliascarv I usr Julia on Windows. I always give this advice - please use the Chocolatey package manager to install and update Julia. It really does solve a lot of the problems reported here.  
If you are having problems with VSCode please report them in this shtread and we will try to help.  
May I ask what you are using Julia for?

> **[Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows](https://chocolatey.org/)**
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> Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Chocolatey integrates w/SCCM, Puppet, Chef, etc. Chocolatey is trusted by businesses to manage software...

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**Author:** ![eliascarv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/eliascarv/32/22152_2.png) [@eliascarv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eliascarv)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-julia-to-path-on-windows/55673/6 "2021-02-20T15:15:37Z")

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Of course! I am a student of Production Engineering. I am studying Julia for applications in Mathematical Optimization and Data Analysis / Data Science.