# Elasticsearch installation issues

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-installation-issues/310859>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** windows-installer\
**Created:** [July 28, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-installation-issues/310859 "2022-07-28T11:40:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![stewoens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stewoens/32/107744_2.png) [@stewoens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stewoens)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-installation-issues/310859/1 "2022-07-28T11:40:45Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I'm having some issues getting elasticsearch running on my windows laptop. I've tried using the guide [Install Elasticsearch with .zip on Windows | Elasticsearch Guide [master] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/zip-windows.html) but am getting an error message saying

"IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [path\elasticsearch-8.3.2-windows-x86\_64\elasticsearch-8.3.2\data]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started on the same data path?"

Any idea how to fix it? I've tried running elasticsearch.bat without changing the .yml file like the guied said and it took over an hour on one of the steps which didnt feel right.

I appreciate any help I can get.

Kind regards,  
Nina

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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:** [July 28, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-installation-issues/310859/2 "2022-07-28T23:15:19Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

First up, check that there are no other Elasticsearch processes running using task manager or something similar. Once that is done, try starting Elasticsearch again.  
If you get the same error, stop all Elasticsearch processes again and then delete the `elasticsearch-8.3.2-windows-x86_64\elasticsearch-8.3.2\data` directory, and try starting Elasticsearch again.

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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:** [August 25, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-installation-issues/310859/3 "2022-08-25T23:15:59Z")

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