# Error while starting Elasticsearch on windows 10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-elasticsearch-on-windows-10/279809>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-elasticsearch-on-windows-10/279809 "2021-07-28T07:04:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ekta\_Thakur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ekta_thakur/32/92186_2.png) [@Ekta\_Thakur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta_Thakur)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-elasticsearch-on-windows-10/279809/1 "2021-07-28T07:04:09Z")

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Hi,  
I have installed elasticsearch - 7.13.4 on my windows 10 machine with Openjdk and trying to start it but getting error of "null pointer exception"

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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, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-elasticsearch-on-windows-10/279809/2 "2021-07-28T07:16:20Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

It'd be useful if you posted the entire log from Elasticsearch.

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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, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-elasticsearch-on-windows-10/279809/3 "2021-08-25T07:17:08Z")

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