# Julia on Windows Store/juliaup?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-windows-store-juliaup/91489>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** juliaup\
**Created:** [December 9, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-windows-store-juliaup/91489 "2022-12-09T19:46:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![BLI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bli/32/37206_2.png) [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-windows-store-juliaup/91489/1 "2022-12-09T19:46:49Z")

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I’m trying to install Julia from Windows Store on a new laptop running Windows 11 Pro.

The installation seems to work, and “Install” changes to “Open” in Windows Store. However…

- If I click on “Open”, nothing happens
- If I open the Terminal window and run `juliaup`, the terminal responds with the options of `juliaup`.
- If I run `juliaup update`, I am told there are now channels.
- If I execute `julia` in the terminal window, nothing happens
- If I go to the app list, I find `Julia` there, but clicking on it leads to no response.

In summary, it seems like Julia doesn’t get installed.

What is wrong? [Could it be that the installation does not have administrative rights? Something else?]

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**Author:** ![jdad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jdad/32/4739_2.png) [@jdad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jdad)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-windows-store-juliaup/91489/2 "2022-12-09T20:32:23Z")

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Run `juliaup add release` in a Terminal window, this will add a Julia version - the release one, that is v1.8.3.

(I don’t understand why it did not add it at Juliaup installation, but it should be easy to repair)

Check with `juliaup status`

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![BLI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bli/32/37206_2.png) [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-windows-store-juliaup/91489/3 "2022-12-09T20:45:03Z")

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Thanks, that worked. Weird: I thought I had tried `juliaup add 1.8.3`…

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**Author:** ![jdad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jdad/32/4739_2.png) [@jdad](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jdad)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-windows-store-juliaup/91489/4 "2022-12-09T20:57:30Z")

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With `juliaup list` you will see the list of available versions. On my computer the release version is `1.8.3+0.x64.linux.gnu` - a recent change to Juliaup added `architecture, os,compiler` to the version string. I then would suppose 1.8.3 is now not sufficient to specify the version, you should add those to disambiguate ?