# Julia in VS Code

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546 "2024-04-04T21:10:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![maggiwu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@maggiwu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maggiwu)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546/1 "2024-04-04T21:10:15Z")

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Im trying to run a Julia Script in VS Code - However, it doesnt work as this error message appears “Could not start the Julia language server. Make sure the `julia.executablePath` setting is valid.”  
I dont know why its not valid, already checked online and tried in with and without the .exe at the end, though didnt help

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### Author: ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546/2 "2024-04-04T21:16:49Z")

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That field should just contain the path, not the name `julia.executablePath` or the punctuation, right?

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### Author: ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546/3 "2024-04-04T21:37:49Z")

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If you install Julia using [juliaup](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup) VSCode gets configured correctly automatically…

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### Author: ![StevenSiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevensiew/32/218393_2.png) [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546/4 "2024-04-05T01:11:16Z")

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> Blockquote  
> If you install Julia using [juliaup](https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup) VSCode gets configured correctly automatically…

Yes but should you install VS Code first or run juliaup first??? What is the correct sequence of events???

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### Author: ![gdalle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdalle/32/27854_2.png) [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546/5 "2024-04-05T06:19:10Z")

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It shouldn’t matter.  
See [https://modernjuliaworkflows.github.io/](https://modernjuliaworkflows.github.io/) for a detailed guide

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### Author: ![maggiwu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@maggiwu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maggiwu)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-in-vs-code/112546/6 "2024-04-05T10:27:38Z")

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This one worked - thanks a million!