# Where is startup.jl (v1.2)?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-startup-jl-v1-2/28503>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 7, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-startup-jl-v1-2/28503 "2019-09-07T14:58:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mthelm85](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mthelm85/32/224164_2.png) [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-startup-jl-v1-2/28503/1 "2019-09-07T14:58:48Z")

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I was reading a thread that shows how to add things like Revise and OhMyREPL to your startup.jl file so that they are available upon starting Julia but I can’t find my startup.jl file. I am running Julia 1.2 on Windows 10.

When I navigate to `C:\Users\mthel\.julia` there is no `config` folder:

```julia
PS C:\Users\mthel\.julia> ls

    Directory: C:\Users\mthel\.julia

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 9/5/2019 1:52 PM clones
d----- 9/5/2019 6:50 AM compiled
d----- 7/19/2019 7:41 AM conda
d----- 8/1/2019 6:38 AM dev
d----- 9/5/2019 6:50 AM environments
d----- 7/12/2019 8:04 AM logs
d----- 9/5/2019 1:35 PM packages
d----- 7/24/2019 8:53 PM prefs
d----- 7/12/2019 8:04 AM registries

```

I’ve checked all of these folders and none of them contain a startup.jl file.

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-startup-jl-v1-2/28503/2 "2019-09-07T15:04:17Z")

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I don’t think it is created when it does not exist, ie you need to just make a file with that path.

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**Author:** ![mthelm85](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mthelm85/32/224164_2.png) [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-startup-jl-v1-2/28503/3 "2019-09-07T15:16:20Z")

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Thanks, @Tamas_Papp, that worked.