# Elastic search on windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 20, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409 "2023-04-20T16:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Preethi\_Manu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/preethi_manu/32/120046_2.png) [@Preethi\_Manu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preethi_Manu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/1 "2023-04-20T16:24:34Z")
While installing Elastic search on windows , getting below error like plugin db2jcc4.jar is missing a descriptor properties file. Please help to resolve this ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/2 "2023-04-20T21:59:47Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 Please share the full error you are seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/3 "2023-04-21T14:55:10Z")
Have you downloaded full zip file correctly? Can check zip size? ---
**Author:** ![Preethi\_Manu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/preethi_manu/32/120046_2.png) [@Preethi\_Manu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preethi_Manu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/4 "2023-04-24T12:46:35Z")
Yes I downloaded full zip. It is 372 mb ---
**Author:** ![Preethi\_Manu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/preethi_manu/32/120046_2.png) [@Preethi\_Manu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preethi_Manu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/5 "2023-04-24T12:47:13Z")
![IMG_20230424_181358412_HDR](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/6/568957ef16929d37c1899c6036348715fdee43bf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Preethi\_Manu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/preethi_manu/32/120046_2.png) [@Preethi\_Manu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preethi_Manu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/6 "2023-04-24T12:48:15Z")
Please help friends ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/7 "2023-04-24T18:07:50Z")
Please don't post images of text as they are hard to read, may not display correctly for everyone, and are not searchable. Instead, paste the text and format it with `` icon or pairs of triple backticks (```), and check the preview window to make sure it's properly formatted before posting it. This makes it more likely that your question will receive a useful answer. It would be great if you could update your post to solve this. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/8 "2023-04-24T18:08:39Z")
From what I can tell, you probably installed a plugin or change the content of the distribution ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/9 "2023-04-24T18:34:34Z")
1. Copy elasticsearch.log here, around 10-20 lines before error. 2. Start cmd as administrator and run it again. 3. Are you sure that elasticsearch-8.7.0-windows-x86\_64.zip is valid? Check sha as on [the site](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-on-windows/330409/10 "2023-05-22T18:35:05Z")
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