# PackageCompiler hangs while compiling nonincremental system image on Julia v1.11

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 15, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-hangs-while-compiling-nonincremental-system-image-on-julia-v1-11/128099 "2025-04-15T14:31:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![uwestoehr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/uwestoehr/32/216201_2.png) [@uwestoehr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/uwestoehr)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-hangs-while-compiling-nonincremental-system-image-on-julia-v1-11/128099/13 "2025-04-12T14:06:18Z")

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> [@How to create standalone applications for Windows with a UI in Julia 1.11 or 1.12](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-create-standalone-applications-for-windows-with-a-ui-in-julia-1-11-or-1-12/127823/35):
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> It may be worth trying to see if the same behaviour persists with non-network drives.

I spent now hours but the result is still the same. I tried this:

- installed Julia 1.11.4 on a PC that has never seen Julia before on a local harddrive. By default Julia was installed for the current user
- Since this did not help, I uninstalled Julia then reinstalled Julia ad Admin for all users.  
This lead to a complete buggy Julia installation since Julia is actually not installed for all users but only for the current admin user. → The Julia Windows installer has a lot of bugs but sending bug reports even with giving the solution, nobody cares 🙁
- So I tried it being the admin user

But the outcome is always exactly as I reported:

> [@uwestoehr](#):
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> The “compiling nonincremental system image” lasts forever.

I will now file a bug report and also bug reports for the Windows installer of Julia.  
However, I think Julia does not like Windows. But since years now I have not seen any desktop PC in any lab or office that runs not Windows or MacOS, therefore I don’t understand this decision. In [another thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-juliac-jl/123024/13) I even found out that compilers are hardcoded as they are in Unix.

It does not matter what I like, all my customers and also colleagues use Windows. Either I can use Julia on Windows without becoming an IT specialist or I must leave it and that would be sad.

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