# I am not able to launch the elasticsearch in windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-launch-the-elasticsearch-in-windows/181537>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-launch-the-elasticsearch-in-windows/181537 "2019-05-17T07:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![dilipchiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dilipchiru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dilipchiru)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-launch-the-elasticsearch-in-windows/181537/1 "2019-05-17T07:51:39Z")

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Hi ,

i have tried to install the new version of elasticsearch in my laptop when i run the elasticsearch.bat file i am getting the below error

it is windows version of zip i have downloaded

Please help !!!  
D:\ELK Stack\elasticsearch-7.0.1\bin\>elasticsearch.bat  
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.  
Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch  
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch

I have configured and installed the java in env variables as well

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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:** [June 14, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-launch-the-elasticsearch-in-windows/181537/2 "2019-06-14T07:51:42Z")

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