# Problem while precompiling \`Plots\` and \`StatsPlots\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-while-precompiling-plots-and-statsplots/88413>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** package, precompilation\
**Created:** [October 7, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-while-precompiling-plots-and-statsplots/88413 "2022-10-07T16:48:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Debartha\_Paul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/debartha_paul/32/202192_2.png) [@Debartha\_Paul](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Debartha_Paul)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/problem-while-precompiling-plots-and-statsplots/88413/4 "2022-10-09T07:29:08Z")

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Solved by @t-bltg in [this thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-not-working-on-windows/88322/11):

On your screenshots, your artifacts folder is empty, this explain the error loading the `dll` s.  
Delete it, and then run `pkg> instantiate` : it should download the artifacts and you should see `bin` and / or `lib` with `dll` s in it.  
Try `e40afe22fcfc9fe1caea4af17a4016e7ef36cd66` first, then `artifacts` if that still does not work.

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