# Julia 1.5 on Windows Terminal

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-5-on-windows-terminal/44189>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-5-on-windows-terminal/44189 "2020-08-03T13:38:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yutaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dc4da7/32.png) [@yutaka](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yutaka)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-5-on-windows-terminal/44189/1 "2020-08-03T13:38:32Z")

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I tried to use Julia 1.5 on Windows Terminal. I put the following entry to settings.json.

`"commandline": "powershell.exe C:\\Users\\myname\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Julia 1.5.0\\bin\\julia.exe",`

It didn’t work because of a space in the path. I knew it was introduced in [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/35720](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/35720), and will be removed in 1.6. I have tried some options suggested in the Issue, but none of them worked.

- `"commandline": "powershell.exe \"C:\\Users\\myname\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Julia 1.5.0\\bin\\julia.exe\"",`
- `"commandline": "powershell.exe C:\\Users\\myname\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\\"Julia 1.5.0\"\\bin\\julia.exe",`

Does anybody have any suggestion? It is not a Julia issue, but it is useful for others who may be in trouble.

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**Author:** ![cserteGT3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/csertegt3/32/8283_2.png) [@cserteGT3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cserteGT3)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-5-on-windows-terminal/44189/2 "2020-08-03T13:46:14Z")

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I’ve put the folder to the `PATH` environment variable, then just used:

```json
...
    "name": "Julia",
    "tabTitle": "Julia",
    "commandline": "julia.exe",
...

```

in my terminal config. Just checked it, works fine.

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**Author:** ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-5-on-windows-terminal/44189/3 "2020-08-03T15:55:27Z")

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remove the powershell.exe, it isn’t needed. Just e.g.:

```julia
            {
                "name": "Julia 1.5.0",
                "commandline": "C:\\Users\\myname\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Julia 1.5.0\\julia.exe"",
                "hidden": false,
                "icon": "c:\\Users\\myname\\Documents\\julia_2.ico"
            },

```

Of course, for the icon to work, you have to extract it first from the .exe and save it in the path you like.

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**Author:** ![yutaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dc4da7/32.png) [@yutaka](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yutaka)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-5-on-windows-terminal/44189/4 "2020-08-03T16:47:34Z")

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@cserteGT3 Thank you for your reply. Yes, it works well!

@oheil I didn’t notice this simple solution. I am going to take it this time. Thank you!