# Local Logstash 7.9.3 error: (EACCES) Permission denied - NUL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/local-logstash-7-9-3-error-eacces-permission-denied-nul/304153>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 6, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/local-logstash-7-9-3-error-eacces-permission-denied-nul/304153 "2022-05-06T19:19:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![JonathanHai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@JonathanHai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JonathanHai)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/local-logstash-7-9-3-error-eacces-permission-denied-nul/304153/1 "2022-05-06T19:19:50Z")

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Hi everyone,

I'm attempting to run a local instance of Logstash 7.9.3 on my windows machine. Specifically,

```auto
C:\logstash-7.9.3\bin>logstash.bat
[ERROR] 2022-05-06 15:04:57.066 [main] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (EACCES) Permission denied - NUL

```

Logstash 7.16 seems to work just fine! But for some reason, any instance of Logstash 7.9.3 doesn't work at all.

I've tried reinstalling, running without configuring anything, changing permissions on folders, and migrating the directory to a shorter path.

Does anyone know how to fix this error?

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/local-logstash-7-9-3-error-eacces-permission-denied-nul/304153/2 "2022-05-06T20:23:17Z")

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See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-permission-denied-nul-error/303686) thread.

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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:** [June 3, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/local-logstash-7-9-3-error-eacces-permission-denied-nul/304153/3 "2022-06-03T20:23:34Z")

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