# Why isn't pkg\> activate creating a new environment?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-isnt-pkg-activate-creating-a-new-environment/66944>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-isnt-pkg-activate-creating-a-new-environment/66944 "2021-08-24T20:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-isnt-pkg-activate-creating-a-new-environment/66944/8 "2021-08-24T21:47:49Z")

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If you are using Windows, you may like [Jeeves](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-create-activate-and-resume-an-environment-in-vscode/48289/7), a nice utility to create new Julia projects, VSCode ready.

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