# Access is denied in case of elastic agent in Windows installation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-is-denied-in-case-of-elastic-agent-in-windows-installation/322333>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [January 3, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-is-denied-in-case-of-elastic-agent-in-windows-installation/322333 "2023-01-03T02:33:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![lovelike123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lovelike123/32/114986_2.png) [@lovelike123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lovelike123)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-is-denied-in-case-of-elastic-agent-in-windows-installation/322333/1 "2023-01-03T02:33:28Z")

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Access is denied in case of elastic agent in Windows installation  
Version of windows server：windows server 2008r2  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/e/dea80ec026df574d6bf0571f476fb2f4c7a86b85.png)

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**Author:** ![Wolfram\_Haussig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wolfram_haussig/32/70528_2.png) [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-is-denied-in-case-of-elastic-agent-in-windows-installation/322333/2 "2023-01-03T11:36:33Z")

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Hi,

I guess this is caused by trying to create a symlink in the Program Files directory. You may want to run the command again in a console with admin privileges.

Best regards  
Wolfram

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**Author:** ![lovelike123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lovelike123/32/114986_2.png) [@lovelike123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lovelike123)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-is-denied-in-case-of-elastic-agent-in-windows-installation/322333/3 "2023-01-04T01:17:34Z")

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Hi,  
This problem has been solved, because an anti-virus software on the server caused this error. Thank you for your reply

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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 1, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-is-denied-in-case-of-elastic-agent-in-windows-installation/322333/4 "2023-02-01T01:17:57Z")

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