# Failed to start Elasticsearch on windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-on-windows/323211>\
**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")\
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**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")

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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

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