# Elasticsearch 7.10 .zip installation, Windows service will not start **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 18, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-10-zip-installation-windows-service-will-not-start/289629 "2021-11-18T18:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newschapmj1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@newschapmj1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newschapmj1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-10-zip-installation-windows-service-will-not-start/289629/1 "2021-11-18T18:28:27Z")
Followed the install steps. Installed Elastic as a service. Started service. Service failed to start Nothing in the logs folders Using dedicated service account (not local system) System error log error 7034 ...service terminated unexpectedly ---
**Author:** ![newschapmj1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@newschapmj1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newschapmj1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-10-zip-installation-windows-service-will-not-start/289629/2 "2021-11-18T18:31:42Z")
Solution d:\Elasticsearch\logs should be populated Remember to check the other logs c:\Elasticsearch-7.10.2\logs ...stderr.log Error: Temporary file directory userx\appdata\local\temp\7\Elasticsearch does not exist or is not accessible Created the missing folder and the service started ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-10-zip-installation-windows-service-will-not-start/289629/3 "2021-12-16T18:31:55Z")
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