# Failed to start Elasticsearch on windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 16, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211 "2023-01-16T03:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoamQuicksand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/foamquicksand/32/115953_2.png) [@FoamQuicksand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FoamQuicksand)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/1 "2023-01-16T03:21:18Z")
I failed to start Elasticsearch8.5.1 and 8.6.0 locally, but 8.2.2 and 8.4.1 can start normally. anyone know what the problem？ report errors: ```auto warning: ignoring JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.4.1; using bundled JDK [2023-01-16T12:01:06,076][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [A11181221041080] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearchjava.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Trailing char < > at index 0: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:191) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:232) ``` log: ```auto [2023-01-16T12:01:06,076][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [A11181221041080] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Trailing char < > at index 0: at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:191) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:232) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.core.PathUtils.get(PathUtils.java:47) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.6.0.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.parseClassPath(JarHell.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.6.0.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.parseClassPath(JarHell.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.6.0.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.6.0.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase2(Elasticsearch.java:180) ~[elasticsearch-8.6.0.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-8.6.0.jar:?] ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/2 "2023-01-16T09:56:23Z")
> [2023-01-16T12:01:06,076][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [A11181221041080] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch > java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Trailing char \< \> at index 0: It might be something wrong in yml. Can you post elasticsearch.yml? Use [https://www.yamllint.com/](https://www.yamllint.com/) for the validation. ---
**Author:** ![mbooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@mbooh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbooh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/3 "2023-01-16T12:42:41Z")
Same for me I cannot start the Windows service on 8.5.3 or 8.6.0, but I get another error. Any ideas? [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrade-from-8-2-2-to-8-5-3-elasticsearch-bat-works-just-fine-but-the-elasticsearch-service-bat-start-fails/322167/2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-upgrade-from-8-2-2-to-8-5-3-elasticsearch-bat-works-just-fine-but-the-elasticsearch-service-bat-start-fails/322167/2) Thanks! /Kristoffer ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/4 "2023-01-16T12:54:34Z")
Updated without any problems, Win 10 and Centos. How did you upgrade? From zip?ES was installed as the service? If did, remove the service, install and run. ---
**Author:** ![mbooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@mbooh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbooh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/5 "2023-01-16T14:54:11Z")
Hi, Now I got it to work. I used: ```auto elasticsearch-service.bat remove ``` to remove the existing one and then ```auto elasticsearch-service.bat install ``` and the service started. /Kristoffer ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/6 "2023-01-16T15:26:36Z")
Well done. You can use: ` elasticsearch-service.bat install ` You can change params: `elasticsearch-service.bat manager ` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211/7 "2023-02-13T15:27:22Z")
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