# Winlogbeat does not start
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-does-not-start/292952
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** winlogbeat
**Created:** [December 27, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-does-not-start/292952 "2021-12-27T05:52:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@George\_Thomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-does-not-start/292952/1 "2021-12-27T05:52:39Z")
Hey All,
I can't seem to start winlogbeat from c:\programdata\winlogbeat. It does not work on programfiles either so following a post here i tried it in programdata and still the same.
any help would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@George\_Thomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/George_Thomas)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-does-not-start/292952/2 "2021-12-27T05:57:22Z")
error when starting
```auto
PS C:\ProgramData\Winlogbeat> Start-Service winlogbeat
Start-Service : Service 'winlogbeat (winlogbeat)' cannot be started due to the following error: Cannot start service winlogbeat on computer '.'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-Service winlogbeat
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Start-Service], ServiceCommandException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotStartService,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartServiceCommand
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-does-not-start/292952/3 "2022-01-24T07:57:31Z")
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