# Installing topbeats on a windows machine **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [October 27, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-topbeats-on-a-windows-machine/33079 "2015-10-27T14:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aviv.ratzon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@aviv.ratzon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aviv.ratzon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-topbeats-on-a-windows-machine/33079/1 "2015-10-27T14:00:29Z")
Hi, I'm trying to install topbeats, but when I run the command in power shell it doesn't ouput anything and when trying to start the service it says it can't find it. The only thing the installation does is replace the content of the ps1 file with a table like this: ``` Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- ----------- 134 17 14600 8068 92 0.06 4040 amswmagt 76 8 1576 4540 43 0.03 1556 armsvc 128 10 15876 15948 52 6804 audiodg 430 35 19900 40564 217 1.45 5188 Babylon 677 48 13064 22444 146 1.90 1644 CAF 412 20 5104 10544 66 0.22 1584 cam 360 31 8808 15232 118 2.07 1700 casplitegent 165 18 16020 20940 96 0.53 3568 ccnfAgent ............................. ``` I'm pretty clueless as to what the problem is... thanks! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-topbeats-on-a-windows-machine/33079/2 "2015-10-27T15:36:05Z")
where did you install topbeat into? How do you start it? Can you try to run with -e -d '\*' to generate some debug output on console? ---
**Author:** ![rafpereira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rafpereira](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rafpereira)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-topbeats-on-a-windows-machine/33079/3 "2015-11-05T09:36:48Z")
Hi, I did the same as Aviv, and proceeded opening the file in a text editor. The issue may be permission, as you run powershell, you are usually not running with Admin rights, and the window with the error message close at the end of the script leaving everyone guessing what happened. I opened powershell with admin rights, pasted the install file content there, and realised the $workdir assignment was cutting the last directory out during Split-Path. That problem prevents the service from starting, since it can't find the executable or config files. I repeated the last directory name twice (e.g. $workdir = Split-Path c:\topbeat\topbeat\ when files were at c:\topbeat) on the $workdir assignment, created the service, and it worked, I now have the service installed and running. That's on Windows 10. By the way, I left it running on a tight memory system, and it seems the beta4 has some memory leak going on. The process goes from 15Mb to 32Mb+ in minutes. How much ram memory topbeat require? cheers, Rafael ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-topbeats-on-a-windows-machine/33079/4 "2017-07-05T21:58:26Z")