Cannot install Elasticsearch (Windows Server 2012 R2)

Hello everyone, Im struggling to install elasticsearch, i have tried installing it as a service, or using the MSI installer which both worked however the service could not start, when i try to run elasticsearch.bat it is giving me the below errors.

[2019-05-22T09:30:26,501][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[Failed to c
reate native process factories for Machine Learning]; nested: FileNotFoundExcept
ion[\.\pipe\controller_log_3704 (The system cannot find the file specified)];
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163
) ~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:
150) ~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwar
eCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:1
24) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-c
li-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115
) ~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92)
~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: Failed to create native pro
cess factories for Machine Learning
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearning.createComponents(MachineLe
arning.java:433) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$9(Node.java:440) ~[elasticsear
ch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:
271) ~[?:?]
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.j
ava:1654) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484)
~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.ja
va:474) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java
:913) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578
) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:443) ~[elasticsearch-7.1
.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-7.1
.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[
elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[ela
sticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elas
ticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159
) ~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
... 6 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \.\pipe\controller_log_3704 (The syst
em cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:219) ~[?:?]
at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:157) ~[?:?]
at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:112) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.NamedPipeHelper$PrivilegedInputPipeO
pener.run(NamedPipeHelper.java:288) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.NamedPipeHelper$PrivilegedInputPipeO
pener.run(NamedPipeHelper.java:277) ~[?:?]
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.NamedPipeHelper.openNamedPipeInputSt
ream(NamedPipeHelper.java:130) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.NamedPipeHelper.openNamedPipeInputSt
ream(NamedPipeHelper.java:97) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.process.ProcessPipes.connectStreams(Proces
sPipes.java:131) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.process.NativeController.(NativeCont
roller.java:61) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.process.NativeControllerHolder.getNativeCo
ntroller(NativeControllerHolder.java:40) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearning.createComponents(MachineLe
arning.java:418) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$9(Node.java:440) ~[elasticsear
ch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:
271) ~[?:?]
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.j
ava:1654) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484)
~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.ja
va:474) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java
:913) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578
) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:443) ~[elasticsearch-7.1
.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-7.1
.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[
elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[ela
sticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elas
ticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159
) ~[elasticsearch-7.1.0.jar:7.1.0]
... 6 more

Note i have used Java JDK version 8 and version 11, latest releases and set JAVA_HOME variable to the JDK folder path, which also did not change anything.

Solved by running elasticsearch-service manager command and manually setting the Java Virtual Machine path to "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_211\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll" (installed as a service)

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