# After upgrade from 8.2.2 to 8.5.3 elasticsearch.bat works just fine but the elasticsearch-service.bat start fails

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 29, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrade-from-8-2-2-to-8-5-3-elasticsearch-bat-works-just-fine-but-the-elasticsearch-service-bat-start-fails/322167 "2022-12-29T16:02:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@mbooh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbooh)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrade-from-8-2-2-to-8-5-3-elasticsearch-bat-works-just-fine-but-the-elasticsearch-service-bat-start-fails/322167/2 "2023-01-04T15:39:25Z")

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Hi, I still get this no matter how I try. Any ideas? Thanks!

/Kristoffer

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