# Installation error: Can't initialize plug-ins directory

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-error-cant-initialize-plug-ins-directory/9235>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [February 21, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-error-cant-initialize-plug-ins-directory/9235 "2018-02-21T16:25:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![yha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yha/32/3502_2.png) [@yha](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yha)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installation-error-cant-initialize-plug-ins-directory/9235/1 "2018-02-21T16:25:51Z")

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I’m trying to install Julia 0.6.2 from [Download Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/) on Windows 7, and get the following error:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/4/e4f24efc112269b6859455ff42cd976a318f864b.png)

I have verified the installer MD5 checksum and tried installing after a reboot. My machine also has JuliaPro 0.6.2.1 installed, but I have no problem using the “vanilla” Julia alongside JuliaPro (using the same versions) on a different machine with Windows 10.