# org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException after installing elasticsearch 5.0.2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 9, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529 "2016-12-09T08:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeepSea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DeepSea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DeepSea)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529/1 "2016-12-09T08:25:32Z")
I am completely new to ELK. I'm trying to install 5.0.2. logstash works fine but when I run elasticsearch.bat I get the following: [2016-12-09T15:17:43,484][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootst rapException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\IBM\_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\el asticsearch-5.0.2\lib\elasticsearch-${project.version}.jar (The system cannot fi nd the file specified) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125 ) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java: 112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:9 6) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5 .0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.FileNotFoundE xception: C:\Users\IBM\_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\elasticsearch-5.0.2\lib\elasticsearch -${project.version}.jar (The system cannot find the file specified) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:186) ~[ela sticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:291) ~[elas ticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121 ) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] ... 6 more Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\IBM\_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\elast icsearch-5.0.2\lib\elasticsearch-${project.version}.jar (The system cannot find the file specified) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0\_112] at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:219) ~[?:1.8.0\_112] at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:149) ~[?:1.8.0\_112] at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:166) ~[?:1.8.0\_112] at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:103) ~[?:1.8.0\_112] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:175) ~[ elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:88) ~[e lasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:184) ~[ela sticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:291) ~[elas ticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121 ) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2] ... 6 more It looks to me like it's failing to find elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar, but that file is definitely present C:\Users\IBM\_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\elasticsearch-5.0.2\lib. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529/2 "2016-12-09T08:50:59Z")
You did not download elasticsearch [from the download page](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch), right? ---
**Author:** ![DeepSea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DeepSea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DeepSea)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529/3 "2016-12-09T09:02:10Z")
Hi David. Thanks for the reply. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I think you'll find things less confusing if you ask your questions as questions rather than statements. I know it'll work better for me anyway. In fact that's exactly where I downloaded it from. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529/4 "2016-12-09T10:50:10Z")
I just downloaded [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.0.2.zip](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.0.2.zip), unzipped it and looked at `bin/elasticsearch.in.bat` which declares this library within this line: ```auto set ES_CLASSPATH=!ES_HOME!/lib/elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar;!ES_HOME!/lib/* ``` No `${project.version}` here which is what you can have if you download from Github instead of the download service. That's why I asked this confirmation before investigating more. Can you download again from the link I pasted, unzip in a new directory and launch it again? ---
**Author:** ![DeepSea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DeepSea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DeepSea)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529/5 "2016-12-12T02:47:18Z")
Thanks David, I didn't mean to be dismissive of your question, I just wanted to suggest a less confusing style of interaction. You were on the right track. I had already run into the problem described by "[Fix handling of spaces in Windows paths #21921](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/21921/files#diff-b238be78406ed233a5120b51b1125a33)". I grabbed the updated versions of three .bat files from github, which resolved the problem with JAVA\_HOME, but then I hit the problem described here. It should have occurred to me that the github versions were in some way responsible, but I had taken it for granted that they would be compatible, and did not at first suspect them. Anyway I have now compared the original downloads of the three .bat files with the github versions for #21921 and by taking the right bits of each I appear to have elasticsearch starting okay. Thanks again for taking the trouble to reply. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-startupexception-after-installing-elasticsearch-5-0-2/68529/6 "2017-01-09T02:47:29Z")
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