# Error opening file for writing on windows 10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-opening-file-for-writing-on-windows-10/278619>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-opening-file-for-writing-on-windows-10/278619 "2021-07-14T07:12:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Johnsprenger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnsprenger/32/91605_2.png) [@Johnsprenger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Johnsprenger)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-opening-file-for-writing-on-windows-10/278619/1 "2021-07-14T07:12:39Z")

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Hello friends. I can't install elastic on my Windows 10 computer. Just showing “error opening file for writing” error. I don't understand why this error is showing and how to solve this problem. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Johnsprenger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnsprenger/32/91605_2.png) [@Johnsprenger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Johnsprenger)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-opening-file-for-writing-on-windows-10/278619/2 "2021-07-15T04:39:56Z")

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So, I found a solution from [this](https://digicruncher.com/error-opening-file-for-writing/) article after searching on Google.

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**Author:** ![Thibault\_Richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thibault_richard/32/50513_2.png) [@Thibault\_Richard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thibault_Richard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-opening-file-for-writing-on-windows-10/278619/3 "2021-08-03T09:02:34Z")

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