# Atom/juno deletes Julia bin folder and then cannot find the path

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** juno, installation\
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771 "2018-02-02T09:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/boris/32/3306_2.png) [@Boris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Boris)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/1 "2018-02-02T09:45:16Z")

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Hello everyone.

I started learning Julia a while ago and installed 0.5.2. along with Anaconda, IJulia and Atom. I have to say I am a newbie in all this (other than that long time Matlab programmer, but new to Github and terminals :)).

Everything was working fine with my installation. I followed step by step [these instructions](https://lectures.quantecon.org/jl/getting_started.html) and tried both Jupyter and Atom/Juno which were working.

I left it for a while and yesterday came back to all of this. I decided to install Julia 0.6.2. Since then I’ve spent hours and nothing is working anymore, therefore my call for help.

After about several tries to get Julia 0.6.2. in atom I decided to uninstall Atom (also deleted the leftover files), uninstall Julia and try everything all over again. Here is what happens.

1. I install Julia (having uninstalled previous installation and deleted User/.julia and User/Appdata/Local/julia-0.6.2). Then restart. The terminal opens and everything works. Julia is installed in User/.Appdata/Local/julia-0.6.2 and .exe is in User&Appdata/Local/julia-0.6.2&bin
2. I install Atom
3. From within Atom I search for uber- juno and install it. It installs without problems.
4. I try to start Julia and it tells me that it cannot find the path specified (“User/Appdata/Local/julia-0.6.2&bin”). When I navigate to the folder, in the bin folder the exe is missing, only dlls are there, as if Atom deleted it.

Trying to install julia again does not work, when I click on the installation file (or download it again from [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/)) it simply does not work. It shows briefly the window that is unpacking anything but doesn’t show extracting any files and it stops.

I can install it in a different path but then it does not work.

I am on Windows 10 with latest upgrades (which might have broken the whole thing). I have tried the above probably 20 times but it still does not work, while it was working before. I suspect when I unsinstall Julia or atom there are leftover files which then point to weird places but this cannot be the whole story.

Any help appreciated

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/2 "2018-02-02T10:24:28Z")

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This seems like an issue with your virus scanner to me – I’m very sure that the Juno installation can’t delete the Julia executable.

> I can install it in a different path but then it does not work.

What doesn’t work then? You can adjust the path to the julia executable in Atom (Settings \> Packages \> julia-client \> Julia Path).

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**Author:** ![Boris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/boris/32/3306_2.png) [@Boris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Boris)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/3 "2018-02-02T10:41:57Z")

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Regarding the Antivirus I use Avast and it didn’t have any problems previously. This happens when I intall “uber- juno” from within the Atom editor, after installing the editor.

I can reproduce the problem every time on the computer, but on a clean install (I have another computer and I just tested it) everything works fine.

To me this is some mixup between old and new installations and it seems that the uninstaller(s) are not clean enough. That is why I manually delete folders afterwards.

Regarding the install on different path, I install it, I point Atom to the new place and when I open the REPL within Atom/Juno clicking enter on "“Press Enter to start Julia” does nothing. This is what I meant by doing “it doesn’t work”.

**Edit:** I take that back. I copied the missing executable from the clean installation on the other computer (LLVM.dll was also missing), disabled the antivirus and reinstalled Atom (again by deleting the folder after uninstall). Then I installed uber- juno and it seems to work.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/4 "2018-02-02T10:53:37Z")

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Great, glad you got it working 🙂

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**Author:** ![Boris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/boris/32/3306_2.png) [@Boris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Boris)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/5 "2018-02-02T10:54:34Z")

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Me too, I spent 4 hours yesterday evening doing the same thing over and over again. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![John\_Hearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/john_hearns/32/1685_2.png) [@John\_Hearns](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Hearns)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/6 "2018-02-03T09:32:40Z")

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Boris, I use Windows 10 also. I think I have discussed similar problems on here.  
I agree - the uninstaller is not clean enough. I looked into this and the reason is that some of the directories need privileged permissions to remove. Even though I am the sole user on my laptop, and can install software etc. my account does not have the enhanced privileges to remove these diectories.

I could not find a good solution to this problem. I think we need to cooperate and look at the Windows 10 install/deinstall process. I am happy to cooperate with you here.

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**Author:** ![Boris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/boris/32/3306_2.png) [@Boris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Boris)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-juno-deletes-julia-bin-folder-and-then-cannot-find-the-path/8771/7 "2018-02-03T22:04:32Z")

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I think that the case that some directories need privileges has a really simple solution.

Installers, that rely on writing in such directories should not have such directories as default choice!

I run on this issue everyday with Matlab on my work computer, where it insists on writing the startup file (a file that defines paths and general stuff) always in a place where I do not have permissions, and always looks for this file there. Thus, I can neither change the file, nor move it anywhere else. This, IMHO is idiotic.

If I install Matlab on another drive (for example), then it simply works. I mean, Atom, for example does not even allow me to install it anywhere than the place it wants to be installed.