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

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**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 15, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-standalone-applications-for-windows-with-a-g-ui-in-julia-1-11-or-1-12/127823/63 "2025-04-15T14:15:05Z")

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Don’t get it. What is the problem with the `julia-1.XXX-win64.exe` installer?

- It let us easily select an alternative installation directory. One that is not a **hidden directory** , like what the default proposes and don’t know if `juliaup` shows (never used, nor will use, `juliaup` on Windows)
- One can easily choose what Julia version to install, instead of automatically install latest and slowest to start/compile.

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