# Corrupt winlogbeat.yml checkpoint file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/corrupt-winlogbeat-yml-checkpoint-file/58417>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/corrupt-winlogbeat-yml-checkpoint-file/58417 "2016-08-19T01:25:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/corrupt-winlogbeat-yml-checkpoint-file/58417/3 "2016-08-19T01:29:45Z")

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There was one similar report. See [Winlogbeat v5 fail to start after upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-v5-fail-to-start-after-upgrade/47483/10?u=andrewkroh)

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