# Running Elasticsearch in Windows PS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-in-windows-ps/130953>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-in-windows-ps/130953 "2018-05-08T08:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![rodel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@rodel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rodel)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-in-windows-ps/130953/1 "2018-05-08T08:16:28Z")

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Hi guys! I'm running ES using Windows PS. Executing the basic  
**.\bin\elasticsearch.bat** is working fine. But when I try to run it with configuration using -E syntax, I'm getting an error.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/6/c6dc8555ddeda774b52b29ae37178ca75934947f.png)

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**Author:** ![forloop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/forloop/32/9021_2.png) [@forloop](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/forloop)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-in-windows-ps/130953/2 "2018-05-09T07:27:38Z")

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This is related to how PowerShell parses arguments.

You have a few different options

1. Including a space between the switch and value

2. Depending on the argument values, you may also need to use quotes

3. Or you can quote each switch and value

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**Author:** ![rodel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@rodel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rodel)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-in-windows-ps/130953/3 "2018-05-09T11:01:30Z")

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Nice it works! Thanks @forloop Russ

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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 6, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-in-windows-ps/130953/4 "2018-06-06T11:01:36Z")

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