# Elastic search installation error on windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-error-on-windows/162274>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 27, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-error-on-windows/162274 "2018-12-27T18:18:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Srikar\_Gandhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Srikar\_Gandhi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srikar_Gandhi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-error-on-windows/162274/1 "2018-12-27T18:18:32Z")

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I am getting below error when I run elasticsearch on windows 2008 64bit machine.

[2018-12-27T17:53:43,571][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [unknown] uncaught exception in thread [main]  
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\F:\ELASTI~1.4\modules\X-021C~1\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 "\?\F:\ELASTI~1.4\modules\X-021C~1\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 "\?\F:\ELASTI~1.4\modules\X-021C~1\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
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\_191]  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
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:** [January 24, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-error-on-windows/162274/2 "2019-01-24T18:18:42Z")

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