# What is the difference between the version of Julia installed in windows and the one in VS Code in extension?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-version-of-julia-installed-in-windows-and-the-one-in-vs-code-in-extension/75325 "2022-01-27T21:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-version-of-julia-installed-in-windows-and-the-one-in-vs-code-in-extension/75325/1 "2022-01-27T21:28:09Z")

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The julia version that I installed in my windows machine is v. 1.6.3. While the julia extension that I installed in VS Code is `v1.5.10`.  
This is what I get when from REPL of VS Code, I dont know why it gives v. 1.6.3 not `v1.5.10? I dont know the overlap or the operation for each?

```julia
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.6.3

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-version-of-julia-installed-in-windows-and-the-one-in-vs-code-in-extension/75325/2 "2022-01-27T21:38:38Z")

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The Julia VS Code extension isn’t Julia. It’s a VS Code extension that provides Julia. `v1.5.10` is the version of the extension, not of the version of Julia it provides.

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**Author:** ![Amro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Amro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amro)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-version-of-julia-installed-in-windows-and-the-one-in-vs-code-in-extension/75325/3 "2022-01-27T21:42:50Z")

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@Oscar_Smith Thanks for your reply.  
So, the Julia VS Code extension is just an editor that allows `.jl` files to shown in VS Code?

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-version-of-julia-installed-in-windows-and-the-one-in-vs-code-in-extension/75325/4 "2022-01-27T21:49:54Z")

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It adds a few things. Syntax highlighting, language server, and a few others.