# Installing ElasticSearch-8.14.3 on Windows 11

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905 "2024-07-27T14:46:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![sky442146311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky442146311/32/136342_2.png) [@sky442146311](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky442146311)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/1 "2024-07-27T14:46:46Z")

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I have set the ES\_JAVA\_COME environment variable, but I am unable to start elasticsearch

 ![Snipaste_2024-07-27_22-44-20](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/8/c82561b1210747b6dbddad9acd82de3d53131b1b.png)

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/2 "2024-07-27T15:34:48Z")

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Have you extracted correctly ES? It seems you don't have tools.jar file.  
Have you checked logs\elasticsearch.log?

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**Author:** ![sky442146311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky442146311/32/136342_2.png) [@sky442146311](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky442146311)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/3 "2024-07-27T19:40:39Z")

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![Snipaste_2024-07-28_03-05-20](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/0/60f8d73ea83e507b12e7128195a3ade63f7109b7.png)

The JDK in Elasticsearch-8.14.3 does not have tools.jar

I copied tools.jar and put it inside, but it still reports this error

I also couldn't find tools.jar in Elasticsearch-7.17.22, but this version ran successfully

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/4 "2024-07-27T19:53:54Z")

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Run `elasticsearch.bat` not just elasticsearch, and install JDK from the Oracle site(that contains tools.jar), not open JDK. Also set the JAVA\_HOME variable.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/5 "2024-07-27T20:04:11Z")

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Hi @sky442146311 welcome to the community...

Did you follow exactly these directions.... Exactly.

> **[Install Elasticsearch with .zip on Windows | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.14\] |...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/zip-windows.html)**

Elasticsearch comes with JDK.

I would clean up... Reinstall

AND

It's is very important to run the correct command from the correct directory so Elasticsearch can find the proper JDK.

from the Elasticsearch home directory

`.\bin\elasticsearch.bat`

Also please do not post images of text. They're very difficult to read and some people can't even see them and they cannot be tested, debugged or searched.

Also please show the directory and the complete command you are running so we can help

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**Author:** ![sky442146311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky442146311/32/136342_2.png) [@sky442146311](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky442146311)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/6 "2024-07-27T21:18:28Z")

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Sorry, I didn't know uploading pictures would cause so much trouble  
It seems to be a version issue. I switched to the original elasticsearch-8.0.0-windows-x86\_64.zip version, which used the same operation and started successfully

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**Author:** ![sky442146311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky442146311/32/136342_2.png) [@sky442146311](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky442146311)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/7 "2024-07-27T21:23:50Z")

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I have tried, but the above problem still occurs

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**Author:** ![sky442146311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky442146311/32/136342_2.png) [@sky442146311](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky442146311)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/8 "2024-07-27T21:52:00Z")

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I also tried Elasticsearch-8.1.0 on my end, elasticsearch-8.2.0，elasticsearch-8.3.0，elasticsearch-8.4.0，elasticsearch-8.5.0

These two versions have been successfully run: elasticsearch-8.1.0, elasticsearch-8.2.0

Elasticsearch-8.3.0 prints more logs

```auto
D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\bin>elasticsearch
warning: ignoring JAVA_HOME=D:\Progame\Java\jdk_21; using ES_JAVA_HOME
???? 28, 2024 5:40:01 ???? sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter <clinit>
WARNING: COMPAT locale provider will be removed in a future release
[2024-07-28T05:40:04,692][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [ASXCE] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:228) [elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:67) [elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:217) ~[elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:224) ~[elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        ... 1 more
Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
        at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:85) ~[?:?]
        at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103) ~[?:?]
        at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108) ~[?:?]
        at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(WindowsFileAttributeViews.java:53) ~[?:?]
        at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(WindowsFileAttributeViews.java:38) ~[?:?]
        at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.readAttributes(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:197) ~[?:?]
        at java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1858) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile$Source.get(ZipFile.java:1491) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile$CleanableResource.<init>(ZipFile.java:724) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:251) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:180) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:345) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:316) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:255) ~[?:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:215) ~[elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:224) ~[elasticsearch-8.3.0.jar:?]
        ... 1 more
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
Likely root cause: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:85)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(WindowsFileAttributeViews.java:53)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(WindowsFileAttributeViews.java:38)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.readAttributes(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:197)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1858)
        at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile$Source.get(ZipFile.java:1491)
        at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile$CleanableResource.<init>(ZipFile.java:724)
        at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:251)
        at java.base/java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:180)
        at java.base/java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:345)
        at java.base/java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:316)
        at java.base/java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:255)
        at org.elasticsearch.base@8.3.0/org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:221)
        at org.elasticsearch.base@8.3.0/org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:84)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.3.0/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:215)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.3.0/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.3.0/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:224)
        at org.elasticsearch.server@8.3.0/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:67)
For complete error details, refer to the log at D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\logs\elasticsearch.log
ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0\logs\elasticsearch.log

ERROR: Elasticsearch exited unexpectedly

```

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/9 "2024-07-28T13:29:57Z")

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Hi @sky442146311

Ok to be clear... You need to run the correct command from the correct directory... You are doing neither.

You need to navigate to the home directory NOT the `bin` directory to start the command properly.

So in your case above.

From

`D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.3.0>`

Again NOT the `bin` directory

Then run

`.\bin\elasticsearch.bat`

with the `.bat`

Run that let us know...

This approach should work for 8.14 as well

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**Author:** ![sky442146311](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky442146311/32/136342_2.png) [@sky442146311](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky442146311)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/11 "2024-07-30T01:04:08Z")

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Hello @stephenb  
I tried following the method you suggested, but it's still the same mistake

```auto
warning: ignoring JAVA_HOME=D:\Progame\Java\jdk_21; using ES_JAVA_HOME
???? 30, 2024 9:00:02 ???? sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter <clinit>
WARNING: COMPAT locale provider will be removed in a future release
[2024-07-30T09:00:03,035][INFO][o.e.n.NativeAccess] [ASXCE] Using [jdk] native provider and native methods for [Windows]
[2024-07-30T09:00:03,088][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [ASXCE] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearchjava.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.14.3\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:85)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(WindowsFileAttributeViews.java:53)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(WindowsFileAttributeViews.java:38)

See logs for more details.

ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.14.3\logs\elasticsearch.log

ERROR: Elasticsearch died while starting up, with exit code 1

```

Maybe there are some differences in the new version, let me take a closer look

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/12 "2024-07-30T02:16:25Z")

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Apologies can you please show the directory and the command you ran... Along with the output/ result.

We really need to see **all** the context so we can help.

Also Did you cleanup and reinstall/unzip?

Are you installing on a network drive? \<\<\<\<\<

Are you following the docs?

Did you look at the logs directory and see if there is any more information in the log file?

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/13 "2024-07-30T02:37:37Z")

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I just installed myself following the docs and what I suggested and worked  
Exactly What OS?

```auto
PS C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3> pwd

Path
----
C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3

PS C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3> dir

    Directory: C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM bin
d----- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM config
d----- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM jdk
d----- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM lib
d----- 7/7/2024 10:06 PM logs
d----- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM modules
d----- 7/7/2024 10:06 PM plugins
-a---- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM 3860 LICENSE.txt
-a---- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM 2285977 NOTICE.txt
-a---- 7/30/2024 2:31 AM 9070 README.asciidoc

PS C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3> .\bin\elasticsearch.bat
Jul 30, 2024 2:33:27 AM sun.util.locale.provider.LocaleProviderAdapter <clinit>
[2024-07-30T02:33:29,639][INFO][o.e.n.NativeAccess] [stephenb-w2022] Using [jdk] native provider and native methods for [Windows]
WARNING: COMPAT locale provider will be removed in a future release
[2024-07-30T02:33:31,770][INFO][o.a.l.i.v.PanamaVectorizationProvider] [stephenb-w2022] Java vector incubator API enabled; uses preferredBitSize=256; FMA enabled
[2024-07-30T02:33:32,943][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [stephenb-w2022] version[8.14.3], pid[6544], build[zip/d55f984299e0e88dee72ebd8255f7ff130859ad0/2024-07-07T22:04:49.882652950Z], OS[Windows Server 2022/10.0/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/22.0.1/22.0.1+8-16]
[2024-07-30T02:33:32,951][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [stephenb-w2022] JVM home [C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3\jdk], using bundled JDK [true]
[2024-07-30T02:33:32,951][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [stephenb-w2022] JVM arguments [-Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -Djava.security.manager=allow, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, --add-opens=java.base/java.io=org.elasticsearch.preallocate, --add-opens=org.apache.lucene.core/org.apache.lucene.store=org.elasticsearch.vec, --enable-native-access=org.elasticsearch.nativeaccess, -XX:ReplayDataFile=logs/replay_pid%p.log, -Djava.library.path=C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3\lib\platform\windows-x64;C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3\jdk\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Users\stephenb\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\stephenb\.dotnet\tools;., -Djna.library.path=C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3\lib\platform\windows-x64;C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3\jdk\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Users\stephenb\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\stephenb\.dotnet\tools;., -Des.distribution.type=zip, -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions, -XX:G1NumCollectionsKeepPinned=10000000, -XX:+UseG1GC, -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\stephenb\AppData\Local\Temp\2\elasticsearch, --add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,level,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -Xms4070m, -Xmx4070m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2133852160, -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -XX:G1ReservePercent=15, --module-path=C:\Program Files\elasticsearch-8.14.3\lib, --add-modules=jdk.net, --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH, -Djdk.module.main=org.elasticsearch.server]
[2024-07-30T02:33:32,951][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [stephenb-w2022] Default Locale [en_US]
[2024-07-30T02:33:38,448][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [stephenb-w2022] loaded module [repository-url]
[2024-07-30T02:33:38,448][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [stephenb-w2022] loaded module [rest-root]
[2024-07-30T02:33:38,448][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [stephenb-w2022] loaded module [x-pack-core]
........

Elasticsearch security features have been automatically configured!
Authentication is enabled and cluster connections are encrypted.
....

```

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/14 "2024-07-30T10:32:33Z")

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Someone had a similar problem on Windows 2016.  
Had to add JAVA\_HOME in env. variables and logoff/logon or reboot server.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/15 "2024-07-30T14:11:20Z")

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Actually I would try unsetting JAVA\_HOME

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/16 "2024-07-31T00:25:55Z")

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> [@sky442146311](#):
>
> ` fatal exception while booting Elasticsearchjava.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.14.3\%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar`

The `tools.jar` file exists in Program Files\Java\jdk\lib directory. It doesn't exist in the bundled `elasticsearch\jdk\lib`. Most likely sky442 is using specific settings in elasticsearch.yml which needs tools.jar or doesn't have rights or ACL had been set on D:\Progame\elasticsearch-8.14.3

I don't think this issue is not directly related to ES. It's more related to [Java issues](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5730815/unable-to-locate-tools-jar).

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-8-14-3-on-windows-11/363905/17 "2024-08-28T00:26:37Z")

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