# Kibana Not Starting on Windows-7

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 6, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552 "2017-09-06T10:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![paul1243](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@paul1243](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1243)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/1 "2017-09-06T10:24:05Z")

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Hi -  
Am getting the below error while trying to start the Kibana on Windows-7 servicepack-2.  
Am running ES with the same version.  
Could you please let me know to resolve the below issue. Thanks !

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/5/d583eb2d9f951e0171b916eee47efe28341dee31.png)

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/2 "2017-09-06T10:42:31Z")

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@paul1243 Kibana utilizes Node to run it's server, would you mind trying to run `.\node\node.exe` from `cmd` to see if you get the same error?

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**Author:** ![paul1243](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@paul1243](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1243)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/3 "2017-09-06T11:23:28Z")

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Hi @Brandon_Kobel-

I see the same error when I execute the node.exe command.  
Please let me know on how to resolve the issue. Thanks !

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/4 "2017-09-06T13:32:15Z")

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@paul1243 could you try running `cmd` as Administrator, and then trying to run `node\node.exe` to verify that it's not a permissions/privileges issue?

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**Author:** ![paul1243](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@paul1243](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1243)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/5 "2017-09-06T14:19:30Z")

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@Brandon_Kobel  
yes, I ran with the Admin privileges, still the same issue persists. ☹

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/6 "2017-09-06T17:31:23Z")

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@paul1243 could you try using [http://www.dependencywalker.com/](http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to determine if `node.exe` has any missing dependencies/modules?

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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:** [October 4, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-on-windows-7/99552/7 "2017-10-04T17:31:26Z")

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