# ElasticSearch crashes, requires Java reinstall

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashes-requires-java-reinstall/50949>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 25, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashes-requires-java-reinstall/50949 "2016-05-25T14:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kurtsimons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kurtsimons](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kurtsimons)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashes-requires-java-reinstall/50949/1 "2016-05-25T14:41:45Z")

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Twice now my production system has gone down requiring that Java is reinstalled before it will work again.

elastic search 1.7.2  
java version 8u66

i do not know where to begin to troubleshoot

thanks

- Kurt

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**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:** [May 25, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashes-requires-java-reinstall/50949/2 "2016-05-25T22:29:02Z")

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Have you looked at your logs?

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**Author:** ![kurtsimons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kurtsimons](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kurtsimons)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashes-requires-java-reinstall/50949/3 "2016-05-26T15:07:48Z")

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[2016-05-26 10:42:47] [info] [1564] Starting service...  
[2016-05-26 10:42:47] [error] [1564] Failed creating java C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0\_66\bin\server\jvm.dll  
[2016-05-26 10:42:47] [error] [1564] The system cannot find the path specified.  
[2016-05-26 10:42:47] [error] [1564] ServiceStart returned 1

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashes-requires-java-reinstall/50949/4 "2017-07-05T22:48:49Z")

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