Harvester doesn't start when filebeat started as windows service

Hey, I'm using filebeat to connect to Logstash... (and I work on windows 10)
I have no problem running filebeat from the shell launching the single command "filebeat -e" but when I try to launch it as a windows service it doesn't work...

This is my filebeat.yml config file:

###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

#=========================== Filebeat inputs =============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input specific configurations.

- type: log

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: true

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  # USER ACTION path server: modify path with variable LOGS-SERVER
  paths:
    #- /var/log/*.log
    #- \\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\core\current\VDORYSIFME1_fmescheduler.log
    #- \\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\engine\current\jobs\10000\*.log
    - \\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\core\current\VDORYSIFME1_fmeserver.log
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  #close_eof: true
  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  #  level: debug
  #  review: 1
  fields: {log_type: server}

  ### Multiline options

  # Multiline can be used for log messages spanning multiple lines. This is common
  # for Java Stack Traces or C-Line Continuation

  # The regexp Pattern that has to be matched. The example pattern matches all lines starting with [
  #multiline.pattern: ^\[

  # Defines if the pattern set under pattern should be negated or not. Default is false.
  #multiline.negate: false

  # Match can be set to "after" or "before". It is used to define if lines should be append to a pattern
  # that was (not) matched before or after or as long as a pattern is not matched based on negate.
  # Note: After is the equivalent to previous and before is the equivalent to to next in Logstash
  #multiline.match: after
  
 
- type: log
  enabled: true
  # USER ACTION path scheduler: modify path with variable LOGS-SCHEDULER
  paths:
    - \\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\core\current\VDORYSIFME1_fmescheduler.log
  fields: {log_type: scheduler}
  
- type: log
  enabled: true
  # USER ACTION path engines: modify path with variable LOGS-ENGINES
  paths:
    - \\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\engine\current\jobs\*\*.log
  fields: {log_type: engine}


#============================= Filebeat modules ===============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: true

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false

#================================ General =====================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging


#============================== Dashboards =====================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

#============================== Kibana =====================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
#setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
#  host: "22.1.68.129:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================

# These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

#================================ Outputs =====================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
#  hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  #protocol: "https"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  hosts: ["localhost:5044"]
  timeout: 1200
  bulk_max_size: 5

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["E:/ELK/certificates/certif-ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "E:/ELK/certificates/certif-ca.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "elastic-dev-ca"

#================================ Processors =====================================

# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:
  - add_host_metadata: ~
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~

#================================ Logging =====================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

#============================== X-Pack Monitoring ===============================
# filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

#================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

#================================= Internal queue =============================
#
queue.mem:
  events: 4096
  flush.min_events: 128

And here is my filebeat.log file of the windows service... As you can see the harvester is not started and the connection with logstash is not tried to be established:

2020-03-09T11:26:40.953+0100	INFO	instance/beat.go:610	Home path: [C:\Program Files\Filebeat] Config path: [C:\Program Files\Filebeat] Data path: [C:\ProgramData\filebeat] Logs path: [C:\ProgramData\filebeat\logs]
2020-03-09T11:26:40.956+0100	INFO	instance/beat.go:618	Beat ID: 5dd5df21-1075-413b-bf29-41a861cb5bef
2020-03-09T11:26:40.968+0100	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:941	Beat info	{"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "C:\\Program Files\\Filebeat", "data": "C:\\ProgramData\\filebeat", "home": "C:\\Program Files\\Filebeat", "logs": "C:\\ProgramData\\filebeat\\logs"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "5dd5df21-1075-413b-bf29-41a861cb5bef"}}}
2020-03-09T11:26:40.968+0100	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:950	Build info	{"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "a9c141434cd6b25d7a74a9c770be6b70643dc767", "libbeat": "7.5.2", "time": "2020-01-15T11:13:20.000Z", "version": "7.5.2"}}}
2020-03-09T11:26:40.968+0100	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:953	Go runtime info	{"system_info": {"go": {"os":"windows","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.12.12"}}}
2020-03-09T11:26:40.973+0100	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:957	Host info	{"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2020-01-10T13:04:42.35+01:00","name":"VDORYSIELK1","ip":["22.1.68.129/16","::1/128","127.0.0.1/8"],"kernel_version":"10.0.14393.3383 (rs1_release.191125-1816)","mac":["00:50:56:8a:d4:66"],"os":{"family":"windows","platform":"windows","name":"Windows Server 2016 Standard","version":"10.0","major":10,"minor":0,"patch":0,"build":"14393.3384"},"timezone":"CET","timezone_offset_sec":3600,"id":"fa5f1e77-d088-4b61-a52c-906f55b5f1d0"}}}
2020-03-09T11:26:40.976+0100	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:986	Process info	{"system_info": {"process": {"cwd": "C:\\windows\\system32", "exe": "C:\\Program Files\\Filebeat\\filebeat.exe", "name": "filebeat.exe", "pid": 11276, "ppid": 760, "start_time": "2020-03-09T11:26:40.888+0100"}}}
2020-03-09T11:26:40.976+0100	INFO	instance/beat.go:297	Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 7.5.2
2020-03-09T11:26:40.976+0100	INFO	[publisher]	pipeline/module.go:97	Beat name: VDORYSIELK1
2020-03-09T11:26:40.977+0100	WARN	beater/filebeat.go:152	Filebeat is unable to load the Ingest Node pipelines for the configured modules because the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled. If you have already loaded the Ingest Node pipelines or are using Logstash pipelines, you can ignore this warning.
2020-03-09T11:26:40.978+0100	INFO	instance/beat.go:429	filebeat start running.
2020-03-09T11:26:40.978+0100	INFO	[monitoring]	log/log.go:118	Starting metrics logging every 30s
2020-03-09T11:26:40.979+0100	INFO	registrar/registrar.go:145	Loading registrar data from C:\ProgramData\filebeat\registry\filebeat\data.json
2020-03-09T11:26:40.979+0100	INFO	registrar/registrar.go:152	States Loaded from registrar: 0
2020-03-09T11:26:40.979+0100	WARN	beater/filebeat.go:368	Filebeat is unable to load the Ingest Node pipelines for the configured modules because the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled. If you have already loaded the Ingest Node pipelines or are using Logstash pipelines, you can ignore this warning.
2020-03-09T11:26:40.979+0100	INFO	crawler/crawler.go:72	Loading Inputs: 3
2020-03-09T11:26:40.980+0100	INFO	log/input.go:152	Configured paths: [\\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\core\current\VDORYSIFME1_fmeserver.log]
2020-03-09T11:26:40.980+0100	INFO	input/input.go:114	Starting input of type: log; ID: 3233485692626140888 
2020-03-09T11:26:40.980+0100	INFO	log/input.go:152	Configured paths: [\\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\core\current\VDORYSIFME1_fmescheduler.log]
2020-03-09T11:26:40.980+0100	INFO	input/input.go:114	Starting input of type: log; ID: 3075276952488700912 
2020-03-09T11:26:40.981+0100	INFO	log/input.go:152	Configured paths: [\\clnas-ory-1-smbprod-adp-nt\apps$\IDG\FME\DEV\resources\logs\engine\current\jobs\*\*.log]
2020-03-09T11:26:40.981+0100	INFO	input/input.go:114	Starting input of type: log; ID: 13971036041717848847 
2020-03-09T11:26:40.981+0100	INFO	crawler/crawler.go:106	Loading and starting Inputs completed. Enabled inputs: 3
2020-03-09T11:26:40.981+0100	INFO	cfgfile/reload.go:171	Config reloader started
2020-03-09T11:26:43.964+0100	INFO	add_cloud_metadata/add_cloud_metadata.go:89	add_cloud_metadata: hosting provider type not detected.
2020-03-09T11:27:10.980+0100	INFO	[monitoring]	log/log.go:145	Non-zero metrics in the last 30s	{"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":234,"time":{"ms":234}},"total":{"ticks":327,"time":{"ms":327},"value":327},"user":{"ticks":93,"time":{"ms":93}}},"handles":{"open":195},"info":{"ephemeral_id":"c7d4b135-74aa-4747-b2ea-abaeecbb4143","uptime":{"ms":30069}},"memstats":{"gc_next":8414400,"memory_alloc":4352752,"memory_total":11344760,"rss":34217984},"runtime":{"goroutines":38}},"filebeat":{"harvester":{"open_files":0,"running":0}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0},"reloads":2},"output":{"type":"logstash"},"pipeline":{"clients":3,"events":{"active":0}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":0}},"system":{"cpu":{"cores":4}}}}}
2020-03-09T11:27:40.980+0100	INFO	[monitoring]	log/log.go:145	Non-zero metrics in the last 30s	{"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":375,"time":{"ms":141}},"total":{"ticks":484,"time":{"ms":157},"value":484},"user":{"ticks":109,"time":{"ms":16}}},"handles":{"open":197},"info":{"ephemeral_id":"c7d4b135-74aa-4747-b2ea-abaeecbb4143","uptime":{"ms":60068}},"memstats":{"gc_next":8414400,"memory_alloc":4461576,"memory_total":11453584,"rss":12288},"runtime":{"goroutines":38}},"filebeat":{"harvester":{"open_files":0,"running":0}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0},"reloads":3},"pipeline":{"clients":3,"events":{"active":0}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":0}}}}}

When I launch filebeat from command line, the beat instance is not related to "ProgramData" directory... Should I modify the .ps1 install file in order to fix this particularity?

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