# 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")\
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**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

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> [@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…

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