# Conda cannot be added on Julia 1.3.1 Win10, local user install

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**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/conda-cannot-be-added-on-julia-1-3-1-win10-local-user-install/35561 "2020-03-05T08:40:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/conda-cannot-be-added-on-julia-1-3-1-win10-local-user-install/35561/1 "2020-03-05T08:40:14Z")

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After Installing Julia 1.3.1 on Win10, (as local user), Conda won’t build, it throws the error  
Error building `Conda` :  
│ ERROR: LoadError: SystemError (with C:\Users\julia): mkdir: Permission denied  
if I try  
import Conda  
it throws another error:  
LoadError: ArgumentError: Path to conda environment is not valid: C:\Users\julia\AppData\Local\JuliaPro\packages\padding\_some\_junk\_value\in\_here\creating\_a\_pattern\_to\_be\_replaced\conda\3  
which is apparently because ROOTENV in Conda does not get set properly. In which document should I set that path to (I’m guessing) either Julia1.3.1\Packages\Conda\3 or Julia1.3.1\Conda\3 ?

two questions: 1) why is it trying to make C:\users\Julia? that is a strange place to do anything, for a local install.  
2) why is that path to conda not set to the install directory of Julia 1.3.1?

I should add that i managed to get Julia 1.2.0 working as a local install, I cannot remember having had the same issue. Maybe I should reinstall for all users?