# Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572 "2022-12-19T14:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dziugitaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@dziugitaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dziugitaz)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572/1 "2022-12-19T14:50:58Z")

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I'm using windows and when I'm trying to run any other command than bin/elasticsearch.bat I get this strange error, maybe do you know why? I've checked the logs but I didn't found anything other than this

```auto
dziugas@DESKTOP-R163FHG MINGW64 ~/Desktop/elasticsearch-8.5.3
$ ./bin/elasticsearch-create-enrollment-token -s node
Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher

```

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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:** [December 19, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572/2 "2022-12-19T22:49:57Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Are you running that in WSL?

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**Author:** ![dziugitaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@dziugitaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dziugitaz)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572/3 "2022-12-19T23:46:52Z")

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hello there, no I run elastic pure on windows 11

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**Author:** ![Irpan\_Abdul\_Rahman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/irpan_abdul_rahman/32/115848_2.png) [@Irpan\_Abdul\_Rahman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Irpan_Abdul_Rahman)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572/4 "2023-01-12T03:26:27Z")

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hello @dziugitaz are you finish or solved this problem? cause I find same issue

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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:** [February 9, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-launcher-clitoollauncher/321572/5 "2023-02-09T03:26:30Z")

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