# Install Filebeat on a different folder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381 "2016-07-13T08:00:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Dan2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dan2)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/1 "2016-07-13T08:00:40Z")

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Hi,  
Is there any way to put and install Filebeat in another folder other than "C:\Program Files\Filebeat" on a Windows machine?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/2 "2016-07-13T08:18:31Z")

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You can install it anywhere you like.

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**Author:** ![Dan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Dan2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dan2)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/3 "2016-07-13T08:32:40Z")

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After I install it at another location I get an error when I start the service.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/4 "2016-07-13T10:37:02Z")

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Did you rerun install-service-filebeat.ps1 after you relocated the files? If yes, does the service's settings point to the right executable?

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**Author:** ![Dan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Dan2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dan2)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/5 "2016-07-13T10:41:43Z")

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Figured out the problem.  
I used '' instead of '/' in the path of "certificate\_authorities".

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/6 "2016-07-13T12:36:41Z")

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use single quotes for pathes, then `\` will not be interpreted as escape character in yaml. That is

`path: C:\\MyDir` and  
`path: 'C:\MyDir'` and  
`path: C:/MyDir`

are pretty much equivalent.

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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:** [August 3, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-filebeat-on-a-different-folder/55381/7 "2016-08-03T08:00:54Z")

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