# First steps: Start Julia in a certain folder in VSCode

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-start-julia-in-a-certain-folder-in-vscode/80822>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** vscode\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-start-julia-in-a-certain-folder-in-vscode/80822 "2022-05-10T15:13:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-start-julia-in-a-certain-folder-in-vscode/80822/3 "2022-05-10T23:28:52Z")

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Some past posts that might help:

> [@Having installed several versions of Julia on machine. How to open a specific version of julia from PowerShell?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/having-installed-several-versions-of-julia-on-machine-how-to-open-a-specific-version-of-julia-from-powershell/78134/7):
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> You can also use juliaup for this scenario, see [Julia in the Windows Store | David Anthoff | JuliaCon2021 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/rFlbjWC6zYA). Just make sure you uninstall your other Julia versions before you switch over to using juliaup.

> [@Running .jl file from PowerShell](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-jl-file-from-powershell/63462):
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> Hello, I am having the below error when I am trying to open .jl file from the PowerShell" Any recommendation to solve it? Thanks!

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