# Challenges with installing Julia on Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/challenges-with-installing-julia-on-windows/128133>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/challenges-with-installing-julia-on-windows/128133 "2025-04-16T11:27:30Z")\
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> [@How to create standalone applications for Windows with a \[G\]UI in Julia 1.11 or 1.12](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-standalone-applications-for-windows-with-a-g-ui-in-julia-1-11-or-1-12/127823/69):
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> That’s exactly why `juliaup` is the primary installation method. If, due to corporate policies or other reasons, you have to use a secondary method, of course there are going to be tradeoffs

> [@How to create standalone applications for Windows with a \[G\]UI in Julia 1.11 or 1.12](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-standalone-applications-for-windows-with-a-g-ui-in-julia-1-11-or-1-12/127823/62):
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> What about using `MSIX App Installer` for `juliaup`? The institution where I worked previously blocked MS Store, too, but then we could use the MSIX installer.

> [@uwestoehr](#):
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> the most severe is that you cannot install Julia for all users of a computer.

> You can also do a system install by running the following command from a shell:  
> `msiexec /i <PATH_TO_JULIA_MSI> ALLUSERS=1`

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