# How to set build-in user password on windows?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812 "2017-12-14T16:38:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Lynnic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lynnic)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812/1 "2017-12-14T16:38:56Z")
I just installed x-pack in Elasticsearch on windows following the document
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/6.0/setting-up-authentication.html#bootstrap-elastic-passwords](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/6.0/setting-up-authentication.html#bootstrap-elastic-passwords)
Now I want to set the password when login es, the doc says that just run
```auto
bin/x-pack/setup-passwords interactive
```
This command seems cannot run in CMD at all
how could I achive the goal to change password?
By the way, does it have a default accout/password when x-pack was installed?
I cannot find it in docs
Thanks
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812/2 "2017-12-15T03:46:56Z")
You can use `bin/x-pack/setup-password.bat` on windows.
Did you try that?
If it's not working, please post an error message.
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### Author:  [@Lynnic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lynnic)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812/3 "2017-12-16T15:04:46Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> bin/x-pack/setup-password.bat
Thanks for replying, Tim
Yes,actually I have tried this command you metioned, it print **Not an internal or external command**
Also I have checked the bin/x-pack directory, there is no such bat file in it
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812/4 "2017-12-17T21:26:29Z")
My apologies, that should be
```
bin/x-pack/setup-passwords.bat
```
You definitely should have that command.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-build-in-user-password-on-windows/111812/5 "2018-01-14T21:26:34Z")
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