# Julia v1.2.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277 "2019-09-02T02:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![greg\_plowman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/greg_plowman/32/8100_2.png) [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/1 "2019-09-02T02:24:42Z")

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I cannot start Julia v1.2.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2.

The installation seems successful, but when starting Julia the terminal opens momentarily and then exits immediately.

The problem occurs on multiple servers with similar configuration.  
Previous versions of Julia (v1.0.4, v1.1.1) run fine on these servers (Windows Server 2012 R2)  
Julia v1.2.0 is installed and working on Windows 10 machines.

Does anyone have any tips to help diagnose the issue?

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/2 "2019-09-02T06:52:09Z")

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> [@greg\_plowman](#):
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> when starting Julia the terminal opens momentarily and then exits immediately.

You could open a terminal, and then start the `julia.exe` process from the command line, so you would see an error message you could share here.

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**Author:** ![uwechsler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/uwechsler/32/5223_2.png) [@uwechsler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/uwechsler)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/3 "2019-09-02T08:29:54Z")

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I had the same problem at work. And if I recall correctly, the session just crashed without any error message. I can retry on Thursday and check if my memory didn’t let me down.

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**Author:** ![greg\_plowman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/greg_plowman/32/8100_2.png) [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/4 "2019-09-02T21:12:51Z")

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> [@Tamas\_Papp](#):
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> You could open a terminal, and then start the `julia.exe` process from the command line, so you would see an error message you could share here.

This is a good suggestion.

Unfortunately there’s no error message, it just seems to exit and return to the windows `Command` prompt:

```julia
C:\Users\plowman>"C:\Program Files\Julia-1.2.0\bin\julia.exe"

C:\Users\plowman>

```

whereas Julia v1.1.1 starts properly as expected:

```julia
C:\Users\plowman>"C:\Program Files\Julia-1.1.1\bin\julia.exe"
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.1.1 (2019-05-16)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

syda-std6af-02 Julia-1.1.1>

```

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**Author:** ![greg\_plowman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/greg_plowman/32/8100_2.png) [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/5 "2019-09-02T21:33:11Z")

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> [@uwechsler](#):
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> I had the same problem at work. And if I recall correctly, the session just crashed without any error message. I can retry on Thursday and check if my memory didn’t let me down.

Thanks. It might be helpful if you can reproduce the issue.

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**Author:** ![uwechsler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/uwechsler/32/5223_2.png) [@uwechsler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/uwechsler)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/6 "2019-09-06T12:52:34Z")

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I can reproduce the error. Unfortunately, there is no error message at all.

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**Author:** ![greg\_plowman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/greg_plowman/32/8100_2.png) [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/7 "2019-09-07T08:03:25Z")

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Thanks for testing and reporting back.

I’ve opened an issue at [github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/33188](http://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/33188)

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**Author:** ![greg\_plowman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/greg_plowman/32/8100_2.png) [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/8 "2019-10-18T02:16:37Z")

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I haven’t resolved this yet, but as reported in the [issue](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/33188), it might be narrowed down to a problem with `libopenblas64_.dll`

Julia v1.2.0 starts if I replace `libopenblas64_.dll` (in the bin directory) with the file from the Julia v1.1.1 installation.

Does anyone have suggestions to help further diagnose the problem?

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**Author:** ![uwechsler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/uwechsler/32/5223_2.png) [@uwechsler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/uwechsler)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-2-0-on-windows-server-2012-r2/28277/9 "2020-05-20T12:36:14Z")

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The exact same problem also occurs on Windows with Julia `1.4.0` and `1.4.1` but now it cannot be resolved with replacing `libopenblas64_.dll`.

Are there already solutions available to fix this?