# Startup.jl not running

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [April 7, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/startup-jl-not-running/97232 "2023-04-07T19:24:06Z")\
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HI,

- if you compare lines 3 and 4 in your startup – the difference is exactly that line 3 has quote marks ( `“ `and `”`) as opposed to line 4 which has “poor mans quotes” or in other words the “inch” character as limiters for a string. Line 3 might have been changed by an advanced text editor, but is no longer right Julia code, since `“...”`is not how to delimit a string `"..."`is.

- Concerning the three backticks – that is not a quote/blockquote but a code environment, i.e. all stuff between that is set as code (the same for single backticks in running text like ``code`` is set as `code`. A block quote would need all lines prepended with a `>`so (yay we can illustrate code env directly)

- Concnering the order. All I could find anywhere was the location `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`. But it might be (have not found that yet) that your first file takes priority over the local one? Since that only contains a line _calling_ the local one you could try to rename/remove the global one (your first) one and then check whether it runs you local one?

_edit:_ You could try this command [How do I open and edit my startup.jl file? - #3 by ianshmean](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-open-and-edit-my-startup-jl-file/93415/3) and see which file opens?

_edit2:_ Did you by any chance set the `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`? See [https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/command-line-options/](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/command-line-options/) the `startup-file` command line option, if that is not set it should load your local one.

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