# Unable to run Elasticsearch 7.2 on Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-7-2-on-windows/188284>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 1, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-7-2-on-windows/188284 "2019-07-01T10:20:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kmohd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmohd/32/49090_2.png) [@kmohd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmohd)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-7-2-on-windows/188284/1 "2019-07-01T10:20:10Z")

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Hello, i'm seeing this in the logs, anyone have any idea?

> [o.e.b.Bootstrap]Exception  
> java.lang.SecurityException: Security misconfiguration: **cannot access java.io.tmpdir**  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.selfTest(Security.java:423) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:133) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:216) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:349) [elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) [elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Unable to create temporary file or directory  
> at java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:142) ~[?:?]  
> at java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.createTempFile(TempFileHelper.java:160) ~[?:?]  
> at java.nio.file.Files.createTempFile(Files.java:912) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.selfTest(Security.java:416) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.0.jar:7.2.0]  
> ... 10 more

Java version is 11

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**Author:** ![kmohd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmohd/32/49090_2.png) [@kmohd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmohd)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-7-2-on-windows/188284/3 "2019-07-01T11:11:13Z")

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issue fixed After adding 'xpack.ml.enabled: false' in elasticsearch.yml and adding a custom path for **java.io.tmpdir** in jvm options.

referred to [Linux OS : Failed to create native process factories for Machine Learning](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-os-failed-to-create-native-process-factories-for-machine-learning/134758/2)

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**Author:** ![ZakCharacter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ZakCharacter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZakCharacter)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-7-2-on-windows/188284/4 "2019-07-15T06:04:38Z")

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The ES\_TMPDIR variable is not set anymore in the script elasticsearch-service.bat.

Dirty fix :  
Edit the file elasticsearch-service.bat by adding the code below under :foundJVM

if not defined ES\_TMPDIR (  
for /f "tokens=\* usebackq" %%a in (`CALL %JAVA% -cp "!ES_CLASSPATH!" "org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.TempDirectory"`) do set ES\_TMPDIR=%%a  
)

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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:** [August 12, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-7-2-on-windows/188284/5 "2019-08-12T06:04:39Z")

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