# Unable to start Elasticsearch 7.0 on Windows 10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-on-windows-10/176858>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 15, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-on-windows-10/176858 "2019-04-15T08:29:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dantonag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dantonag/32/44130_2.png) [@dantonag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dantonag)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-on-windows-10/176858/1 "2019-04-15T08:29:51Z")

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Hello,  
when starting Elasticsearch on my machine, I get this error. Already tried to disable the antivirus, but with no luck:

C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.0.0\bin\>elasticsearch.exe  
[2019-04-15T10:23:24,555][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [SPXMIW3825] uncaught exception in thread [main]  
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\C:\PROGRA~1\Elastic\ELASTI~1\70FE6E~1.0\modules\X-PACK~2\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=5, Accesso negato  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\C:\PROGRA~1\Elastic\ELASTI~1\70FE6E~1.0\modules\X-PACK~2\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=5, Accesso negato  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:166) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
... 6 more  
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "\?\C:\PROGRA~1\Elastic\ELASTI~1\70FE6E~1.0\modules\X-PACK~2\platform\WINDOW~1\bin\CONTRO~1.EXE": CreateProcess error=5, Accesso negato  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeController(Spawner.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeControllers(Spawner.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:164) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]

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    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
    ... 6 more

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Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=5, Accesso negato  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_201]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeController(Spawner.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativeControllers(Spawner.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:164) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]  
... 6 more

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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-on-windows-10/176858/2 "2019-04-15T08:34:05Z")

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is it not bat file that you should run?

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**Author:** ![dantonag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dantonag/32/44130_2.png) [@dantonag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dantonag)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-on-windows-10/176858/3 "2019-04-15T08:46:49Z")

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Hello,  
I've installed the .msi, so there is no ".bat" file to run. But, if I download instead the standalone .zip, there is the .bat file but the error is the same.  
Thanks

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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:** [May 13, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-on-windows-10/176858/4 "2019-05-13T08:47:01Z")

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