# I can not install elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 28, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368 "2017-03-28T20:11:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Gilberto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gilberto)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/1 "2017-03-28T20:11:39Z")
May I install elasticsearch 5.2.2 on Windows 10?
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### Author:  [@dakrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dakrone)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/2 "2017-03-28T20:12:26Z")
Yes, you should be able to install all versions of Elasticsearch on Windows
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### Author:  [@Gilberto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gilberto)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/3 "2017-03-28T20:30:38Z")
thank you for your answer
I have been trying to install on my laptop but when trying to run the file elasticsearch.bat I get the error "the syntax of the command is not correct"
Thank you for any help
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### Author:  [@ozersubasi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ozersubasi)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/4 "2017-03-28T20:45:23Z")
Yes, you can.
I create file at C:/elk/ and unzip to there
write this commands at commandline or powershell;
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### Author:  [@dakrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dakrone)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/5 "2017-03-28T23:39:16Z")
Gilberto Caviativa writes:
> I have been trying to install on my laptop but when trying to run the
> file elasticsearch.bat I get the error "the syntax of the command is
> not correct"
Can you paste in exactly what commands you are running to start
Elasticsearch?
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### Author:  [@Leon\_Nell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leon_Nell)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/6 "2017-04-04T09:43:42Z")
Have you installed Java as per the following link: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/\_installation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html)
Once installed, create the environment variable with the following Powershell command:
$env:JAVA\_HOME = "c:\Program files\Java\you\_java\_version"
Once done, try running elasticsearch ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#windows-running](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#windows-running))
or install as a service ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#windows-service](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html#windows-service))
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-install-elasticsearch/80368/7 "2017-05-02T09:43:55Z")
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