# Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/249849>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/249849 "2020-09-24T15:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elastic-Noob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@Elastic-Noob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastic-Noob)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/249849/1 "2020-09-24T15:28:01Z")

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I'm getting the following error when running elasticsearch.bat

C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.7.0\bin\> .\elasticsearch.bat  
Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\config\jvm.options  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:89)  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:235)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:370)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:421)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:420)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:155)  
at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.readJvmOptionsFiles(JvmOptionsParser.java:169)  
at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.jvmOptions(JvmOptionsParser.java:130)  
at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.main(JvmOptionsParser.java:95)

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/249849/2 "2020-09-28T03:52:17Z")

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Welcome to our community! :D@

> [@Elastic-Noob](#):
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> C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\config\jvm.options

Does your user have the right permissions on that file?

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**Author:** ![Elastic-Noob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@Elastic-Noob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastic-Noob)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/249849/3 "2020-09-28T14:02:36Z")

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Yes, I do. I even given Everyone to READ and EXECUTE, but still same exception error.

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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:** [October 26, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-accessdeniedexception/249849/4 "2020-10-26T14:02:49Z")

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