# I can not make Julia run inside Atom

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**Category:** New to Julia\
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**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-can-not-make-julia-run-inside-atom/89746 "2022-11-03T23:15:21Z")\
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This is probably because Atom cannot find the executable (julia.exe). The same issue was reported here ([HELP! "Julia could not be started " - #4 by Iulian.Cioarca](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-julia-could-not-be-started/36021/4)), and there is a nice explanation from @Iulian.Cioarca

> 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`.

The path should have the version number from your installation, and if you installed it in the default location, it should be `C:\Julia-1.8.2\bin\julia.exe`.

Apart from that, I would also follow @jmair 's suggestion and switch to Visual Studio Code. Combined with the Julia extension, it gives a much better experience. I switched a few months ago myself.  
Here is a great tutorial video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KesuPOlBB\_o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KesuPOlBB_o)

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