# 'Access Denied' trying to open Elasticsearch for first time on Windows 10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-trying-to-open-elasticsearch-for-first-time-on-windows-10/261343>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-trying-to-open-elasticsearch-for-first-time-on-windows-10/261343 "2021-01-17T06:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rookie2011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@Rookie2011](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rookie2011)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-trying-to-open-elasticsearch-for-first-time-on-windows-10/261343/1 "2021-01-17T06:57:07Z")

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C:\Users\jorda\>cd C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.10.2

C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.10.2\>bin\>elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto  
Access is denied.

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**Author:** ![Aniket\_Pant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Aniket\_Pant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniket_Pant)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-trying-to-open-elasticsearch-for-first-time-on-windows-10/261343/2 "2021-01-17T08:15:01Z")

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run as an administrator

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-denied-trying-to-open-elasticsearch-for-first-time-on-windows-10/261343/3 "2021-02-14T08:15:07Z")

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