# Unable to start logstash on windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-on-windows/111910>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 15, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-on-windows/111910 "2017-12-15T06:27:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![edna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@edna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/edna)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-on-windows/111910/1 "2017-12-15T06:27:55Z")

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I am unable to start Logstash. Each time I run a Logstash command, I keep getting the below error. Can someone please help me?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/1/61ae6e3450c82343db7cd44a6c3191e032bc51fd.png)

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**Author:** ![Sahul\_Hameed\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Sahul\_Hameed\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sahul_Hameed_B)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-on-windows/111910/2 "2017-12-15T07:26:41Z")

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HI Edna

Please checK JAVA\_HOME Enviroment Variable is correctly set or not.

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**Author:** ![edna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@edna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/edna)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-on-windows/111910/3 "2017-12-15T07:50:29Z")

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Hi Sahul,

Thank you, But JAVA\_HOME is set as follows  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/c/eca73c27ea70d0efe2891d74320c0753caeb55bf.png)

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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:** [January 12, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-logstash-on-windows/111910/4 "2018-01-12T07:50:33Z")

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