# Logstash Filter Verifier does not think that my Windows Logstash batch file is executable

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-verifier-does-not-think-that-my-windows-logstash-batch-file-is-executable/170906>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-verifier-does-not-think-that-my-windows-logstash-batch-file-is-executable/170906 "2019-03-05T13:10:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dom\_Ule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Dom\_Ule](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dom_Ule)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-verifier-does-not-think-that-my-windows-logstash-batch-file-is-executable/170906/1 "2019-03-05T13:10:57Z")

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Hi all, @magnusbaeck,

I hope you can help me with this mystery. I downloaded LFV 1.5.0 and LS 6.6.0 and ran the following on Windows 7 (64 bit):

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C:\apps\ELK\logstash-filter-verifier_1.5.0_windows_386>logstash-filter-verifier.exe --loglevel DEBUG --logstash-path=C:\apps\ELK\logstash\bin\logstash.bat test_syslog.json filters
2019/03/04 19:52:49 Reading test case file: test_syslog.json (C:\apps\ELK\logstash-filter-verifier_1.5.0_windows_386\test_syslog.json)
2019/03/04 19:52:49 Logstash path candidate not an executable regular file: C:\apps\ELK\logstash\bin\logstash.bat
2019/03/04 19:52:49 Logstash path candidate rejected: GetFileAttributesEx /opt/logstash/bin/logstash: The system cannot find the path specified.
2019/03/04 19:52:49 Logstash path candidate rejected: GetFileAttributesEx /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash: The system cannot find the path specified.
Error locating Logstash: no existing executable found among candidates: C:\apps\ELK\logstash\bin\logstash.bat, /opt/logstash/bin/logstash, /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash

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For some reason, LFV does not accept the LS batch file as being executable. I tried exactly the same command on Linux and it worked just fine.  
LFV can clearly find the batch file, as changing the logstash-path argument to something invalid results in a log message saying "The system cannot find the path specified".  
I have also tried running the command prompt as admin, I tried both the 386 and x64 binaries, I tried LS in different locations on my drive and I tried different versions of LS, freshly extracted.

Is there anything else I can do apart from --loglevel DEBUG to show why exactly LFV isn't happy?

Thanks,  
Dom

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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:** [April 2, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-filter-verifier-does-not-think-that-my-windows-logstash-batch-file-is-executable/170906/2 "2019-04-02T13:11:07Z")

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