# Error while creating custom beat in Windows environment

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-creating-custom-beat-in-windows-environment/230916>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** beats-development\
**Created:** [May 4, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-creating-custom-beat-in-windows-environment/230916 "2020-05-04T03:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![PrabhuThav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@PrabhuThav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabhuThav)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-creating-custom-beat-in-windows-environment/230916/1 "2020-05-04T03:27:57Z")

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Hi, I tried to develop a custom beat following the instruction given in the document [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/new-beat.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/new-beat.html)

mage GenerateCustomBeat is throwing error and not creating the source code in the user folder.

Im trying it in windows 10 environment. Unable to generate beat to customize as needed. Have installed GO, GOPath variable, python3.8 etc., as given in the documentation

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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:** [June 1, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-creating-custom-beat-in-windows-environment/230916/2 "2020-06-01T03:28:06Z")

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