# Can not configure elastic search when running elasticsearch.bat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-configure-elastic-search-when-running-elasticsearch-bat/321410>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-configure-elastic-search-when-running-elasticsearch-bat/321410 "2022-12-16T13:07:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sezohessen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sezohessen/32/114818_2.png) [@sezohessen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sezohessen)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-configure-elastic-search-when-running-elasticsearch-bat/321410/1 "2022-12-16T13:07:34Z")

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```auto
warning: ignoring JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-19.0.1; using bundled JDK
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: starting java failed with [1]
output:

error:
Unrecognized VM option 'UseConcMarkSweepGC'
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOption.flagsFinal(JvmOption.java:113)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOption.findFinalOptions(JvmOption.java:80)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.MachineDependentHeap.determineHeapSettings(MachineDependentHeap.java:59)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOptionsParser.jvmOptions(JvmOptionsParser.java:140)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOptionsParser.determineJvmOptions(JvmOptionsParser.java:92)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.createProcess(ServerProcess.java:214)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.start(ServerProcess.java:108)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.start(ServerProcess.java:91)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerCli.startServer(ServerCli.java:234)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerCli.execute(ServerCli.java:91)
        at org.elasticsearch.common.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:54)
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:85)
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:50)
        at org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher.main(CliToolLauncher.java:64)

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-configure-elastic-search-when-running-elasticsearch-bat/321410/2 "2022-12-18T22:39:35Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

It's not clear what is happening here as you have posted only part of an error with no indication as to what command you are running to get it.

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**Author:** ![sezohessen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sezohessen/32/114818_2.png) [@sezohessen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sezohessen)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-configure-elastic-search-when-running-elasticsearch-bat/321410/3 "2022-12-18T22:51:02Z")

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Running elasticsearch.bat

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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:** [January 15, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-configure-elastic-search-when-running-elasticsearch-bat/321410/4 "2023-01-15T22:51:56Z")

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