# How to create standalone applications for Windows with a \[G\]UI in Julia 1.11 or 1.12

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**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-standalone-applications-for-windows-with-a-g-ui-in-julia-1-11-or-1-12/127823 "2025-04-07T23:09:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-standalone-applications-for-windows-with-a-g-ui-in-julia-1-11-or-1-12/127823/14 "2025-04-09T01:18:32Z")

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> **Section split into PackageCompiler hang**
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> > [@MDSW](#):
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> > There is a basic example in the PackageCompiler source:
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> Thanks. I gave it a try, and the result is disappointing: I took the example as it is and followed the instructions but it hang up at compiling a “nonincremental system image”. (I have no clue what that term actually means.)

Also, [Package Compiler] installed the mingw compiler despite I have the MSVC compiler installed that I use for ally my C++ projects. I could not tell PackageCompiler.jl to use that compiler.

I was also not able to understand how the example was created. There are many different files without a documentation. For example what is the file “generate\_precompile.jl” for? Or what “precompilation” actually means. There is also a file “additional\_precompile.jl”. What is that for, is it necessary and if yes, for what? Why can’t it be part of generate\_precompile.jl, …

So in the end a spend a lot of time and nothing is clear to me. I just need to compile my Julia module to a DLL, no fancy stuff, no precompilation or whatever.

I searched for other docs and videos but cannot find something that helps me. There are only technical talks about PackageCompiler not step by step example of to create a DLL out of a module.

It seems I did not yet really understand the concept of Julia. How do people use Julia for real-life applications? I mean at the end of the day you must deliver a program that can be used by users. And with users I mean normal persons that cannot read or handle program code. I cannot give a user a script he has to execute.

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