# Location of juliarc.jl file

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/location-of-juliarc-jl-file/56339>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/location-of-juliarc-jl-file/56339 "2021-03-02T15:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheLateKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/thelatekronos/32/12824_2.png) [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/location-of-juliarc-jl-file/56339/1 "2021-03-02T15:23:17Z")

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Based on this, from the Plots.jl docs

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 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/1/d1b18d8d1c2762fa6bdd145e2378d7b51c8cdee4.png)

I was wondering where the `juliarc.jl` file is located.

I am starting to suspect that I actually want to make changes in the `startup.jl`-file, but I would also be surprised if the docs has been outdated since [Update docs with new startup.jl file and location · Issue #26215 · JuliaLang/julia (github.com)](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26215)… If that is the case, would I just define the `ENV["PLOTS_DEFAULT_BACKEND"]` in my startup folder (And make a PR to change the docs of Plots.jl) ?

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/location-of-juliarc-jl-file/56339/2 "2021-03-02T15:41:12Z")

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Yep:

[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52175314/where-is-juliarc-the-julia-startup-file/52175490](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52175314/where-is-juliarc-the-julia-startup-file/52175490)

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**Author:** ![TheLateKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/thelatekronos/32/12824_2.png) [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/location-of-juliarc-jl-file/56339/3 "2021-03-07T09:43:33Z")

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Alright. But should the default backend, and plotting defaults, be defined in the users/myuser/.julia/config/startup.jl file, or the startup.jl associated with the installation (The one in the appdata-folder)?

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**Author:** ![TheLateKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/thelatekronos/32/12824_2.png) [@TheLateKronos](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheLateKronos)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/location-of-juliarc-jl-file/56339/4 "2021-03-24T08:57:29Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotDocs.jl/pull/232](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotDocs.jl/pull/232)