# Failed to start service: The data area passed to a system call is too small

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-service-the-data-area-passed-to-a-system-call-is-too-small/82902>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-service-the-data-area-passed-to-a-system-call-is-too-small/82902 "2017-04-19T14:03:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![scottf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@scottf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/scottf)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-service-the-data-area-passed-to-a-system-call-is-too-small/82902/1 "2017-04-19T14:03:08Z")

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HOW DO YOU GET ELASTICSEARCH TO RUN ON WINDOWS. YOUR DOCUMENTATION FALLS DOWN.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html)  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#windows-service](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#windows-service)

First time install on Win10 x64  
JAVA\_HOME is set properly.

```auto
$ elasticsearch-service install
Installing service : "elasticsearch-service-x64"
Using JAVA_HOME (64-bit): "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131"
The service 'elasticsearch-service-x64' has been installed.

$ elasticsearch-service start
Failed starting 'elasticsearch-service-x64' service

$ type elasticsearch-service-x64-stderr.2017-04-19.log
2017-04-19 09:36:42 Commons Daemon procrun stderr initialized
The data area passed to a system call is too small.
Failed to start service

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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:** [May 17, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-service-the-data-area-passed-to-a-system-call-is-too-small/82902/2 "2017-05-17T14:10:48Z")

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