# Very slow "Updating registry at 'C:\\Users\\me\\.julia\\registries\\General'"

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-slow-updating-registry-at-c-users-me-julia-registries-general/51614
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, pkg
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-slow-updating-registry-at-c-users-me-julia-registries-general/51614 "2020-12-10T15:18:50Z")
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### Author: ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-slow-updating-registry-at-c-users-me-julia-registries-general/51614/2 "2020-12-10T15:59:53Z")

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You can do the following:

```julia
pkg> registry rm General

julia> ENV["JULIA_PKG_SERVER"] = ""

pkg> registry add General

```

Now it will update using Git which should be faster on windows. Only need to do this once.

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