# CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/createprocess-error-193-1-is-not-a-valid-win32-application/199473>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 13, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/createprocess-error-193-1-is-not-a-valid-win32-application/199473 "2019-09-13T18:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yamini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@Yamini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yamini)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/createprocess-error-193-1-is-not-a-valid-win32-application/199473/1 "2019-09-13T18:57:39Z")

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I am new to installing elastic search. I am encountering the below error when trying to start the service. Not sure what's causing this. My machine is Windows 2008 64 Bit.

uncaught exception in thread [main]  
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\C:\PROGRA~1\Elastic\ELASTI~1\6522CD~1.4\modules\X-PACK~2\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\C:\PROGRA~1\Elastic\ELASTI~1\6522CD~1.4\modules\X-PACK~2\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:167) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
... 6 more  
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\C:\PROGRA~1\Elastic\ELASTI~1\6522CD~1.4\modules\X-PACK~2\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeController(Spawner.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeControllers(Spawner.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:165) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
... 6 more  
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.(ProcessImpl.java:386) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:137) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeController(Spawner.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeControllers(Spawner.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:165) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
... 6 more

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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:** [October 11, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/createprocess-error-193-1-is-not-a-valid-win32-application/199473/2 "2019-10-11T18:57:44Z")

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