# Blue screen when new packages are installed

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121 "2021-08-10T09:58:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![PeterSteph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PeterSteph](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSteph)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/1 "2021-08-10T09:58:33Z")

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I can’t install new packages on my work computer (it works fine on my private computer). It is a Windows computer.  
When running Pkg.add(“Plots”) the computer crashes (blue screen). When reopening the computer the file julia.exe has been deleted.

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**Author:** ![gustaphe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gustaphe/32/18174_2.png) [@gustaphe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gustaphe)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/2 "2021-08-10T10:03:36Z")

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Permissions issue? Is there a `~/.julia/packages` and do you have permission to edit it?

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**Author:** ![Sukera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/3 "2021-08-10T10:56:02Z")

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> [@PeterSteph](#):
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> I can’t install new packages on my work computer

> [@PeterSteph](#):
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> When reopening the computer the file julia.exe has been deleted.

Does your work have some antivirus software installed that’s falsely detecting julia? If so, it’s best to talk to your IT department about this and check with them what kinds of permissions executables need on your machine to work properly.

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**Author:** ![PeterSteph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PeterSteph](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSteph)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/4 "2021-08-10T11:36:49Z")

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Yes and yes

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**Author:** ![PeterSteph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PeterSteph](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSteph)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/5 "2021-08-10T11:38:06Z")

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That’s probably the problem

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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:** [August 10, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/6 "2021-08-10T14:23:04Z")

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I guess we know the problem here. Worth asking though - how did you install Julia?  
There is the new Juliaup in the Windows Store  
And also Julia can be installed using the chocolatey package manager

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**Author:** ![PeterSteph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PeterSteph](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSteph)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/7 "2021-08-10T14:53:49Z")

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Thak you all!

I downloaded julia-1.6.2-win64.exe from htttps://julialang.org/downloads/

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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:** [August 10, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/8 "2021-08-10T15:07:39Z")

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@PeterSteph Would you try going to the Windows Store and searching for Julia? Install Julia from there and try it out.  
I suspect the result will be the same.

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**Author:** ![PeterSteph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PeterSteph](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSteph)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blue-screen-when-new-packages-are-installed/66121/9 "2021-08-10T15:18:39Z")

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Windows Store is blocked on my work computer