# Changes to juliaup overnight?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-juliaup-overnight/115471>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, windows, juliaup\
**Created:** [June 11, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-juliaup-overnight/115471 "2024-06-11T11:19:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TimG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-juliaup-overnight/115471/1 "2024-06-11T11:19:10Z")

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Yesterday, I could use julia just fine. Today I cannot. Has something changed on the julia side or is it me or my IT department?

On opening VS Code, I get the following:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/3/a34ce5b15bce2f3e4095fd17abaf134ea6988983.png)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/2/92ea7623403c4ad52e27e49aec50395f597b907b.png)

At the command prompt, I get:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/a/6a275a6913f1fdf000cede470572272ad74b374a.png)

then, after a delay, julia appears to start, but it is completely inert and unresponsive.

juliaup is installed in `C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\JuliaComputingInc.Julia_1.14.9.0_x64__b0ra4bp6jsp6c\Julia`.  
The files here, and those in the parent, are all dated yesterday @ 19:10. If I try to open the `WindowsApps` folder, I get a permission denied error.

I cannot run `juliaup` today and if I try to reinstall, I get a message saying it is already installed (which it is).

I’ve restarted multiple times.

The only updates I did yesterday were `Pkg.update()` in two project environments. Could this have brought this about? Was there any other change that I didn’t notice? I did not use `juliaup` yesterday and am already running 1.10.4.

IT haven’t responded yet but, in any case, aren’t keen on julia or anything open source. I’m just wondering if this is a julia thing or all local at my end.

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**Author:** ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-juliaup-overnight/115471/2 "2024-06-11T11:31:19Z")

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It’s more a Windows thing as your `juliaup` installation is automatically updated by Windows. The exact mechanism depends on the installation path you (or your IT department) have used on your machine.

After auto-update the binaries have changed so the security settings are blocking the new binaries.

It’s probably best to discuss a better security policy with your IT security people, as having the newest release is a must for security purposes. Your current policy encourages behavior (like staying with working installations for ever) which is security contra productive. These are general thoughts independent of Julia.

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**Author:** ![TimG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-juliaup-overnight/115471/3 "2024-06-11T11:36:10Z")

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Thanks for this advice. I’ve sent IT your advice ( 🙂 ) and will wait and see what they say…