# Filebeat on windows not updating registry file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-windows-not-updating-registry-file/90267>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-windows-not-updating-registry-file/90267 "2017-06-21T10:41:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![punit\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@punit\_j](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/punit_j)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-windows-not-updating-registry-file/90267/1 "2017-06-21T10:41:15Z")

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Hi,

I am facing an issue in filebeat registry file under windows platform. The registry file is not getting updated at all.I am running filebeat 5.4.0. The file under C:\Program Files\filebeat\data\registry shows empty array []. Tough i do see events arriving to logstash.

Regards.

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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:** [July 19, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-windows-not-updating-registry-file/90267/2 "2017-07-19T10:41:43Z")

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