Windows Server 2012 - Bootstrap Check Fail- Unable to lock memory

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Hi All,

I am running ES 5.4.1 on Windows Server R12 and I have enabled bootstrap.mlock :true in elasticsearch.yml file and during boot up i get the below error and ES doesn't start.

[2017-10-30T21:35:37,484][INFO ][o.e.t.TransportService ] [slc06yrm] publish_a
ddress {152.69.26.93:9300}, bound_addresses {[2002:9845:1a5d::9845:1a5d]:9300},
{152.69.26.93:9300}, {[fe80::2045:e3cf:f94c:719d]:9300}
[2017-10-30T21:35:37,484][INFO ][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks ] [slc06yrm] bound or
publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap chec
ks
ERROR: [1] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked

I tried disabling swap by

On Windows, the equivalent can be achieved by disabling the paging file entirely via System Properties → Advanced → Performance → Advanced → Virtual memory.

but it didnt help.

How to set virtuallock in windows to overcome this issue

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