# Struggling to get ES 8.6.2 to work (on W10)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/struggling-to-get-es-8-6-2-to-work-on-w10/326998>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 5, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/struggling-to-get-es-8-6-2-to-work-on-w10/326998 "2023-03-05T10:01:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/struggling-to-get-es-8-6-2-to-work-on-w10/326998/2 "2023-03-05T11:16:17Z")

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Hah. Got it.

I'll put this here in case it's useful for a future user.

Once again (as in [the referenced question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-two-versions-of-es-on-machine/326985/4)) I had to set a session-based environment variable:  
`>set ES_PATH_CONF=D:/apps/ElasticSearch/elasticsearch-8.6.2/config`

Then:

```auto
D:\apps\ElasticSearch\elasticsearch-8.6.2\bin>elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic interactive
This tool will reset the password of the [elastic] user to an autogenerated value.
The password will be printed in the console.
Please confirm that you would like to continue [y/N]y

Password for the [elastic] user successfully reset.
New value: YwP0X1n0Ym5KwOpXfojG

D:\apps\ElasticSearch\elasticsearch-8.6.2\bin>

```

... then got to the "you know, for search" at [https://localhost:9500](https://localhost:9500). Hurrah.

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