# Elasticsearch problem downloading on Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-problem-downloading-on-windows/96295>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-problem-downloading-on-windows/96295 "2017-08-08T15:17:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amish\_ralhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@amish\_ralhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amish_ralhan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-problem-downloading-on-windows/96295/1 "2017-08-08T15:17:22Z")

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Hey,

When running .\elasticsearch.bat, I get the following error.

\_Elasticsearch requires at least Java 8 but your Java version from "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\_111\bin\java.exe" does  
\_ not meet this requirement

I know there are threads already talking about the same, but none of them are helping to solve my problem. Any help would be appreciated.

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**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:** [August 8, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-problem-downloading-on-windows/96295/2 "2017-08-08T15:44:06Z")

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It says that you must install Java 8 first.

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**Author:** ![amish\_ralhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@amish\_ralhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amish_ralhan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-problem-downloading-on-windows/96295/3 "2017-08-08T16:43:28Z")

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Hey,

So the problem was because my folder had a space in it. That is why it was failing but the output logs were not helpful. Got it fixed now.

Thanks 🙂

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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:** [September 5, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-problem-downloading-on-windows/96295/4 "2017-09-05T16:43:42Z")

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