# Julia.exe just disappeared, when packages were installing

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package, crash\
**Created:** [January 28, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387 "2022-01-28T19:51:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![BMval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bmval/32/7647_2.png) [@BMval](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BMval)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/1 "2022-01-28T19:51:02Z")

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I’ve got a new laptop from the university. (win10)

1. I’ve installed Julia. (ver 1.7.1)
2. Open in a terminal, it works.
3. Using Pkg; Pkg.update(); - it works. (there is no packages)
4. Pkg.add(“DataFrames”) - started to instal packages. Suddenly crashed and Julia.exe disappeared at all.
5. Try to install 2nd time. Julia.exe didn’t exist  
6)Installed ver1.6.5 - the same situation as ver 1.7: works, install any packages, crashed, not exe file.

P.S. laptop is clear, just opened. login under university account.

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/2 "2022-01-28T21:06:52Z")

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Sounds like an antivirus - check your quarantined files

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**Author:** ![goerch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/goerch/32/29122_2.png) [@goerch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerch)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/3 "2022-01-28T21:21:44Z")

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or an enterprise policy…

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**Author:** ![BMval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bmval/32/7647_2.png) [@BMval](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BMval)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/4 "2022-01-28T21:29:52Z")

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Yes, maybe it’s antivirus Cisco Secure Endpoint. I hope I will be able to turn it off (I can’t do it right now).

Thank you for your help

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**Author:** ![Xiaoting\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaoting_wang/32/49818_2.png) [@Xiaoting\_Wang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xiaoting_Wang)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/5 "2023-05-16T00:29:00Z")

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Hello, have you solved the problem and how did you solve it? I encounter the same issue.

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**Author:** ![BMval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bmval/32/7647_2.png) [@BMval](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BMval)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/6 "2023-05-16T00:43:01Z")

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The problem was the antivirus - Cisco Secure Endpoint (from my organization). I just killed the process before the installation Julia or any other big packages.

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**Author:** ![Xiaoting\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaoting_wang/32/49818_2.png) [@Xiaoting\_Wang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Xiaoting_Wang)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/7 "2023-05-17T00:15:09Z")

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Could you tell me how to kill the process because I cannot find it on my desktop? Thanks

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**Author:** ![BMval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bmval/32/7647_2.png) [@BMval](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BMval)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/8 "2023-05-17T08:46:43Z")

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just close your antivirus or open the task manager, and kill the process.

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**Author:** ![MA\_Laforge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ma_laforge/32/385_2.png) [@MA\_Laforge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MA_Laforge)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-exe-just-disappeared-when-packages-were-installing/75387/9 "2023-05-18T03:33:34Z")

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## WSL: A possible Windows “solution”/workaround

(link below)

> [@Very strange problems installing on win10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-strange-problems-installing-on-win10/77416/11):
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> WSL: A possible Windows “solution”/workaround I recently tried installing Julia-for-Linux-on-Windows (using the Windows Subsystem for Linux). It worked! (Windows 11 / WSL:Debian / Julia 1.9.0 ) — and quite well, I must add: WSL integration is seamless within Windows (though the WSL installation itself is not) As an added benefit: WSL installations create a “.vhdx” virtual disk with an EXT4 partition (at least mine did at the time of writing). I would bet file operations have a real likeliho…