# Installing latest version 5.1.1 of Logstash on windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-latest-version-5-1-1-of-logstash-on-windows/68647>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 11, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-latest-version-5-1-1-of-logstash-on-windows/68647 "2016-12-11T17:34:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![yameya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yameya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yameya)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-latest-version-5-1-1-of-logstash-on-windows/68647/1 "2016-12-11T17:34:06Z")

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I am trying to install the latest version of Logstash ie 5.1.1 on windows (Windows 7 Professional).

I unziped the logstash installtion file in the path : C:\Program Files\logstash-5.1.1. Now when i try to test the logstash installation with this command:  
logstash -e 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }'

Following error is shown when this command in run:

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Following is mentioned on their site in the Installation guide section:  
Do not install Logstash into a directory path that contains colon ( : ) characters

Is this the reason i am getting this error? If yes, it seems to me that there is no way to avoid directory path with a colon on a windows environment. How do i get around this problem ?  
If no, what might be the reason and how do i fix it?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-latest-version-5-1-1-of-logstash-on-windows/68647/2 "2016-12-12T03:58:44Z")

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We do not support Windows 7 sorry.

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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:** [January 9, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-latest-version-5-1-1-of-logstash-on-windows/68647/3 "2017-01-09T03:58:59Z")

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