# Can't run local command on Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-run-local-command-on-windows/2731>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-run-local-command-on-windows/2731 "2017-03-17T15:39:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-run-local-command-on-windows/2731/4 "2017-03-21T13:23:37Z")

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@greg_plowman: That one in particular is, but I need to be able to run local .exe programs as well. So, I need a general solution.

@tkelman: Is there a way to manually specify using powershell or git bash even, instead of cmd?

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