# What configurations are required when installing the Portable version of Julia?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-configurations-are-required-when-installing-the-portable-version-of-julia/99143
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**Created:** [May 20, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-configurations-are-required-when-installing-the-portable-version-of-julia/99143 "2023-05-20T04:03:02Z")
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### Author:  [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-configurations-are-required-when-installing-the-portable-version-of-julia/99143/1 "2023-05-20T04:03:03Z")
I’m currently using the Installer version of Julia v1.8 on the Win10 system. Now I want to switch to the [Portable version of Julia v1.9](https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/1.9/julia-1.9.0-win64.zip). My questions are:
1. After downloading and unziping the Portable version of Julia v1.9, do I need to do any configuration?
2. How can I migrate all the packages installed in v1.8 to v1.9? Do I need to reinstall them?
3. Do I need to do any configuration in VS Code?
4. And, what is the purpose of the “C:\Users\name.julia” directory? Why do both Installer and Portable versions install packages here? (Wouldn’t it be more convenient for the Portable version to install packages directly into its own directory, making it more easily usable across platforms?)
Thank you in advance for your response!
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-configurations-are-required-when-installing-the-portable-version-of-julia/99143/2 "2023-05-20T06:24:55Z")
What is “the Portable version”?
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### Author:  [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-configurations-are-required-when-installing-the-portable-version-of-julia/99143/3 "2023-05-20T08:25:37Z")
I meant the official Windows v1.9 installer from [Download Julia](http://julialang.org/downloads).
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### Author:  [@xgdgsc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xgdgsc)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-configurations-are-required-when-installing-the-portable-version-of-julia/99143/4 "2023-05-20T08:56:55Z")
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