# Filebeat docker running on windows not allowing application to rotate the log!

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-running-on-windows-not-allowing-application-to-rotate-the-log/89616>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 15, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-running-on-windows-not-allowing-application-to-rotate-the-log/89616 "2017-06-15T19:12:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-running-on-windows-not-allowing-application-to-rotate-the-log/89616/2 "2017-06-16T16:41:33Z")

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Please see this post and try using the sysinternals tool to see who has the file open. [Filebeat locks application logs on Windows](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-locks-application-logs-on-windows/56307/2?u=andrewkroh)

What docker driver are you using on Windows? Is it the Hyper-V driver?

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