# Windows Install Newbie- Installing Elasticsearch using Zip **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 4, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316 "2018-11-04T21:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alta\_01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@alta\_01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alta_01)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/1 "2018-11-04T21:48:27Z")
My issue before after extracting was that I kept getting the "\Common was unexpected at this time" in the cmd prompt. I was able to get this to work using the following fix. [\Common was unexpected at this time](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch/129779/4) I've attached what my environment variable looks like for Java since I set it in Windows for anyone having a similar issue. ![PrtScr%20capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/d/cd71f14f82d1ecce02bb9d383815e6e7f1385fed.jpeg) After this I ran the ElasticSearch .bat file. Resulting in some content being displayed, but unfortunately I cannot successfully curl the localhost:9200 port. This is a dump of the current logs. I have removed my name from the file and replaced them with [Redacted]. I actually ran the bat file a few times you can see from the logs repeating, but I still cannot curl the localhost port. Here's a pastebin with the logs: [Paste Bin for Windows Error Logs](https://pastebin.com/PhZPWRnr) Version of Java being used is jre1.8.0\_191 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/2 "2018-11-04T22:08:07Z")
It looks like the issue now is related to attempting to run the Machine Learning features on 32 bit Windows, looking at the log file; Machine Learning is only available on 64 bit OS, so you should edit the elasticsearch.yml file in the config directory to disable it ```auto xpack.ml.enabled: false ``` Then try starting Elasticsearch again with the bat file from the command line. ---
**Author:** ![alta\_01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@alta\_01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alta_01)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/3 "2018-11-04T22:32:25Z")
Thanks for the assist @forloop I am running a 64 bit OS currently, but have I grabbed the wrong installer by chance? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/4 "2018-11-04T22:53:35Z")
It may be that you have a 32 bit version of Java installed. If you run the following from the command line ```auto java --version ``` What does it return? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/6 "2018-11-05T04:13:45Z")
> [@alta\_01](#): > > ```auto > C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_191\\bin\java.exe > > ``` Looks like the environment variable may end in `\` (double `\\` before bin)? I'm not sure if this is the cause of the error, but if the environment variable does end in `\`, it may be worth removing it and trying again first. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/8 "2018-11-05T06:46:49Z")
What does ```auto java --version ``` return? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-install-newbie-installing-elasticsearch-using-zip/155316/10 "2018-12-03T18:57:16Z")
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