# .julia folder in another place for julia 0.7

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-another-place-for-julia-0-7/12579>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 22, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-another-place-for-julia-0-7/12579 "2018-07-22T10:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![abobroff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abobroff/32/3752_2.png) [@abobroff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abobroff)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-another-place-for-julia-0-7/12579/1 "2018-07-22T10:36:17Z")

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How to create a depot .julia in another directory and not in “C:\Users\user\.julia”.  
I use Windows 8, 10.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-another-place-for-julia-0-7/12579/2 "2018-07-22T12:25:24Z")

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You can set the `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH` environment variable.

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**Author:** ![abobroff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abobroff/32/3752_2.png) [@abobroff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abobroff)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-folder-in-another-place-for-julia-0-7/12579/3 "2018-07-22T12:47:59Z")

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Thank you Fredric!