# NonlinearSolve.jl - 'solve' not defined

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**Created:** [April 16, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nonlinearsolve-jl-solve-not-defined/113020 "2024-04-16T14:37:40Z")\
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> [@ufechner7](#):
>
> ```julia
> mkdir nlsolve
> cd nlsolve
> 
> ```

This is not going to work on Windows.

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The first question is where are you running Julia? Did you open the Julia application from the start menu or are you running Julia within another program like Visual Studio Code?  
(I suspect a [VSCode module issue](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-repl-namespaces-modules/103170).)

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