# Can't find Project (environment)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294 "2024-09-11T19:25:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![vsoler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vsoler/32/30667_2.png) [@vsoler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vsoler)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/1 "2024-09-11T19:25:28Z")

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I have created a custom environment (different from the default one) named “juML”.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/2/d26a0691276d4a0ce89d9bc00f383039a9696b9d.png)

However, in the Windows 10 explorer I cannot find the C:\Users\USUARIO\juML

Where can I find directory juML?  
How can I delete this project?

I have checked other questions in Discourse, and some of them are very close to mine, but they do not answer my question.

Thank you for any hint  
I realized that I made a typo and I want to delete it, just to recreate it properly afterwards.

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**Author:** ![bertschi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bertschi/32/33462_2.png) [@bertschi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertschi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/2 "2024-09-11T19:28:58Z")

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As far as I know, just activating the environment does not create its directories/files. Once you add a package to it, they will be written.

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**Author:** ![vsoler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vsoler/32/30667_2.png) [@vsoler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vsoler)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/3 "2024-09-11T19:34:16Z")

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You’re right, bertschi.

After activating a project, adding a package creates the directory , thank you.

Now, can the project be created somewhere else, and not under C:\Users\USUARIO?

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**Author:** ![vsoler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vsoler/32/30667_2.png) [@vsoler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vsoler)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/4 "2024-09-11T19:45:07Z")

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I forgot to thank you, you solved my problem

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**Author:** ![bertschi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bertschi/32/33462_2.png) [@bertschi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertschi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/5 "2024-09-11T19:48:41Z")

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You can pass any path to activate:

```julia-repl
(@v1.10) pkg> activate /tmp/FooBar
  Activating new project at `/tmp/FooBar`

```

By default the current working directory is used.

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**Author:** ![vsoler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vsoler/32/30667_2.png) [@vsoler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vsoler)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/6 "2024-09-11T19:52:43Z")

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understood !!!

however, I keep on having problems with my active directory

for example …

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/c/ec2d3f20b7997d15ff10030a020ddf2f55754736.png)

that is, the current working directory does not change even I changed it with the cd statement

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**Author:** ![bertschi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bertschi/32/33462_2.png) [@bertschi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bertschi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-find-project-environment/119294/7 "2024-09-11T19:54:59Z")

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Not sure what you mean … calling `cd` without arguments will change to your homedir (which is exactly what you illustrated here)