# HELP! "Julia could not be started "

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 15, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021 "2020-03-15T19:02:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mayar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mayar/32/16426_2.png) [@mayar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mayar)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/1 "2020-03-15T19:02:04Z")

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![julia](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/6/c638dba421acf2e173be3f0dd9d9310db626e2c6.png)

Please help me fix this. How can I start Julia from Atom… I get this message in the picture.  
Thank you loads in advance

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**Author:** ![Iulian.Cioarca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/iulian.cioarca/32/30166_2.png) [@Iulian.Cioarca](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Iulian.Cioarca)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/2 "2020-03-15T19:29:56Z")

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Did you try to go the Juno settings and add the path to the julia.exe?

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**Author:** ![mayar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mayar/32/16426_2.png) [@mayar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mayar)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/3 "2020-03-15T21:42:42Z")

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I am totally a newbie. Can you explain more, pls?

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**Author:** ![Iulian.Cioarca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/iulian.cioarca/32/30166_2.png) [@Iulian.Cioarca](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Iulian.Cioarca)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/4 "2020-03-15T21:55:32Z")

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Go to the menu bar at the top of Atom. You should have a Juno tab with a lot of options. Scroll down to settings and the Julia Client settings pane will open. There you will find a Julia executable path. Fill it with the julia.exe like:` C:\Julia-1.3.1\bin\julia.exe`.

You can also check: [Juno - JuliaLang](https://discourse.julialang.org/c/tools/juno/41). The developers post periodically stuff about updates.

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**Author:** ![Manu\_Francis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/manu_francis/32/10010_2.png) [@Manu\_Francis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Manu_Francis)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/5 "2020-03-16T04:44:00Z")

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@mayar : You can find step by step installation of julia in Atom [Atom and Juno: the perfect duo for Julia development - TechyTok](https://techytok.com/atom-and-juno-setup-for-julia/)

Moreover, you can add julia.exe location to path in Environmental variables. julia.exe path will be in location something look like this `C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Julia-1.1.1\bin`

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**Author:** ![mayar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mayar/32/16426_2.png) [@mayar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mayar)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/6 "2020-03-18T17:34:55Z")

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I worked… Thank you loads 🙂