# How to change java when X-Pack is not supported and Machine Learning is not available for \[windows-x86\]?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-java-when-x-pack-is-not-supported-and-machine-learning-is-not-available-for-windows-x86/159734>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-machine-learning\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-java-when-x-pack-is-not-supported-and-machine-learning-is-not-available-for-windows-x86/159734 "2018-12-06T13:23:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MikeE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MikeE)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-java-when-x-pack-is-not-supported-and-machine-learning-is-not-available-for-windows-x86/159734/1 "2018-12-06T13:23:32Z")

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Hi there,

I'm trying Elasticseach 6.5.2 on Windows 10 following [this link](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/_installation.html) but I have a problem with X-Pack and Machine Learning.

When I start `elasticsearch.bat` file , I have an exception :

> (base) C:\Users\antoi\Documents\elasticsearch-6.5.2\bin\>elasticsearch.bat  
> [2018-12-06T12:53:55,829][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [FzqJAyz] using [1] data paths, mounts [[(C:)]], net usable\_space [813.1gb], net total\_space [930.9gb], types [NTFS]  
> [2018-12-06T12:53:55,837][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [FzqJAyz] heap size [998.4mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [unknown]  
> [2018-12-06T12:53:55,847][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [FzqJAyz] node name derived from node ID [FzqJAyziRSKWyjwbNq5JPA]; set [node.name] to override  
> [2018-12-06T12:53:55,848][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [FzqJAyz] version[6.5.2], pid[11320], build[default/zip/9434bed/2018-11-29T23:58:20.891072Z], OS[Windows 10/10.0/x86], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM/1.8.0\_191/25.191-b12]  
> ...  
> [2018-12-06T12:54:07,684][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [FzqJAyz] no plugins loaded  
> [2018-12-06T12:54:18,905][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.s.FileRolesStore] [FzqJAyz] parsed [0] roles from file [C:\Users\antoi\Documents\elasticsearch-6.5.2\config\roles.yml]  
> [2018-12-06T12:54:20,984][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [FzqJAyz] uncaught exception in thread [main]  
> org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[X-Pack is not supported and Machine Learning is not available for [windows-x86]; you can use the other X-Pack features (unsupported) by setting xpack.ml.enabled: false in elasticsearch.yml]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: X-Pack is not supported and Machine Learning is not available for [windows-x86]; you can use the other X-Pack features (unsupported) by setting xpack.ml.enabled: false in elasticsearch.yml  
> at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearningFeatureSet.isRunningOnMlPlatform(MachineLearningFeatureSet.java:104) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearningFeatureSet.isRunningOnMlPlatform(MachineLearningFeatureSet.java:95) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearning.createComponents(MachineLearning.java:382) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$11(Node.java:472) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_191]  
> at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:475) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:265) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]  
> ... 6 more

It seems it is an issue already [faced by Pierre Charpentier](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-is-not-supported-and-machine-learning-is-not-available-for-windows-x86/85084) but if he found a way to change his default Java version on [java.com](http://java.com/) from32 bit to 64  
I neither know if my version is 32 nor how to change it if it is the case.

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**Author:** ![richcollier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richcollier/32/115035_2.png) [@richcollier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richcollier)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-java-when-x-pack-is-not-supported-and-machine-learning-is-not-available-for-windows-x86/159734/2 "2018-12-06T16:28:40Z")

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[https://java.com/en/download/help/version\_manual.xml](https://java.com/en/download/help/version_manual.xml)

> <https://superuser.com/questions/1057532/how-to-change-java-version-on-windows-10>

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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:** [January 3, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-java-when-x-pack-is-not-supported-and-machine-learning-is-not-available-for-windows-x86/159734/3 "2019-01-03T16:28:59Z")

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