# .juliarc.jl and \`LOAD\_PATH\` in Windows OS

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 29, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660 "2018-09-29T12:28:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660/1 "2018-09-29T12:28:59Z")

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Just installed Julia-1.0.0 on a Windows 10 machine. Trying to find the .juliarc.jl somewhere but fail. So here are my questions. New to both Windows OS and Julia-1.0.0. So bear with me if the questions sound silly.

1. Is .juliarc.jl automatically generated or supposed to be created by users themselves?
2. If I, as a user, should create the .juliarc.jl file by myself, where am I supposed to place it? What’s its correct name it should bear in Windows OS? Same as in Linux?
3. How to name a path in Windows OS? I’m guessing something like below:

```julia
@everywhere push!(LOAD_PATH, "push!(LOAD_PATH, "C:\\Users\\Dell\\Documents\\git\\FastSummation.jl")

```

I have spent some time searching the answers to these questions in the doc v1.0.0 but didn’t find anything helpful. Of course, I may have overlooked.

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**Author:** ![Mattriks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattriks/32/351_2.png) [@Mattriks](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mattriks)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660/2 "2018-09-29T12:54:16Z")

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> [@Equivalent of .juliarc.jl in v0.7](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-juliarc-jl-in-v0-7/11534):
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> I noticed that Julia does not execute .juliarc.jl on startup (I am using Windows10). Has this functionality been replaced, or do I need to enable it somewhere?

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660/3 "2018-09-29T13:02:09Z")

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> [@Mattriks](#):
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> I noticed that Julia does not execute .juliarc.jl on startup (I am using Windows10). Has this functionality been replaced, or do I need to enable it somewhere?

Thanks for this thread. In fact, I was aware of this thread and followed the discussion. But it still doesn’t work. That’s why I wonder if the file name should be a different one or I made any mistake in naming the paths in Windows OS (question 3 above).

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**Author:** ![mzaffalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mzaffalon/32/214168_2.png) [@mzaffalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mzaffalon)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660/4 "2018-09-29T14:20:12Z")

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There is no .juliarc.jl in 0.7 and 1.0. This has been replaced by the file `.julia/config/startup.jl`, see [Getting Started · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/getting-started/) and look for `startup.jl`.

As for the path under Windows: a single forward slash `/` works.

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660/5 "2018-09-30T02:54:11Z")

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Thanks for the hints!! Just realized that @everywhere is deprecated.

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**Author:** ![chobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliarc-jl-and-load-path-in-windows-os/15660/6 "2018-10-09T01:20:41Z")

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For my Linux machine, I just did the same thing - put a startup.jl file in `/home/chobbes/.julia/config`. But the file is ignored by both of my installations v1.0.0 and v1.0.1, which are placed side by side in my home directory. Can anyone give me a hint? Thanks.