# Why does Julia need an administrator account to run?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201 "2024-10-11T16:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![hack3rcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@hack3rcon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hack3rcon)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201/1 "2024-10-11T16:43:13Z")

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Hello,  
I installed Julia on a computer that is a member of a Windows domain network, but it requires an administrator account to run. Why?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![dqeeq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dqeeq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dqeeq)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201/2 "2024-10-11T17:01:27Z")

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How did you install it?  
You should not need administrator privileges to run julia

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**Author:** ![Palli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/palli/32/3380_2.png) [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201/3 "2024-10-11T17:25:56Z")

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It good that you’re trying out Julia (finally), but how did you install?

I’m on Linux and use Juliaup, and it should also work on Windows (or other ways like just the Windows binary), I’m not sure, there it might need permissions, but Juliaup is optional.

> <https://github.com/JuliaLang/juliaup/issues/343>
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> My work computer is forbidden by policy to access the Windows Store. Could ther…e be an alternative source for JuliaUp for Windows as there is for Linux and Mac?

If it’s some tool, not striclty Julia (or Juliaup), e.g. VS Code:

> [@Windows development without admin privileges](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-development-without-admin-privileges/74820):
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> I am not admin of the windows computer I am using. I can’t install visual studio, or any software unless it is zipped and portable. I would not be able to use Julia if it did not have a zip version. Let me know if you find time to make it work on windows. For your information I use the following compiler: [https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases](https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases) Thank you

Can you show the error message (and explain what you already did), usually done my copy-pasting _text_ (most useful when you want to show actual code, not working, for help)? About: “a member of a Windows domain network” might it be that you installed on some network drive you then do not have permission for? It seems unlikely you could then install even…

Some people on Windows have problems because of company firewall, but that would prevent installing in the first place (or packages), I think not a problem after you actually install to run Julia itself alone.

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**Author:** ![hack3rcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@hack3rcon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hack3rcon)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201/4 "2024-10-12T05:52:42Z")

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Hi,  
I downloaded and installed [https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/1.11/julia-1.11.0-win64.exe](https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/1.11/julia-1.11.0-win64.exe).

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**Author:** ![hack3rcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@hack3rcon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hack3rcon)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-julia-need-an-administrator-account-to-run/121201/5 "2024-10-12T16:15:37Z")

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Hello,  
Thank you so much for your reply.  
Problem solved. This was due to a mistake in user account permissions.