# Kibana not starting up \[Error: Failed to hash file: ENOENT: no such file or directory, read\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-up-error-failed-to-hash-file-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-read/175534>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-up-error-failed-to-hash-file-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-read/175534 "2019-04-05T07:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![chiranjit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@chiranjit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chiranjit)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-up-error-failed-to-hash-file-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-read/175534/1 "2019-04-05T07:38:58Z")

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I am using Kibana 6.7 on Windows 10. However, when I run the kibana.bat, I get the following error while acccessing [http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601)

log [07:26:09.991] [info][listening] Server running at [http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601)  
log [07:26:10.746] [info][status][plugin:spaces@6.7.0] Status changed from red to green - Ready  
error [07:28:45.810] Error: Failed to hash file: ENOENT: no such file or directory, read  
error [07:28:45.841] Error: Failed to hash file: ENOENT: no such file or directory, read

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-up-error-failed-to-hash-file-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-read/175534/2 "2019-04-05T17:01:32Z")

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Sounds like it might not completely extracted the zip. I would try to download and extract the zip again.

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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:** [May 6, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-up-error-failed-to-hash-file-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-read/175534/4 "2019-05-06T06:02:07Z")

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