# Change ElasticSearch installation for Windows Service
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602 "2017-10-27T18:42:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@ra.girard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ra.girard)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602/1 "2017-10-27T18:42:31Z")
Hello,
I don't have the file name service.bat to put Elastic Search 5.6.2 on window service.
Do I must uninstall it and install it again ?
thanks
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### Author:  [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602/2 "2017-10-27T23:46:01Z")
How did you obtain elasticsearch?
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### Author:  [@ra.girard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ra.girard)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602/3 "2017-10-28T01:36:51Z")
Here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html)
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### Author:  [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602/4 "2017-10-28T01:39:54Z")
Did you follow the instructions on [that page](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#msi-installer-windows-service) to install it as a service?
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### Author:  [@ra.girard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ra.girard)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602/5 "2017-10-28T02:31:52Z")
Thanks, but there was nothing to do, I uninstall everything and reinstall
It's OK now, I hope it will easier with kibana and logstash
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-elasticsearch-installation-for-windows-service/105602/6 "2017-11-25T02:32:02Z")
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