Elastic Search startup error - “\Common was unexpected at this time.”

Question

I have downloaded and extracted elasticsearch and when I run the batch file \"elasticsearch.bat\' I am getting the following error.

\"\\Common was unexpected at         


        

Answer 1

I also encountered the same issue while running the batch file "elasticsearch.bat" in windows 10. I set JAVA_HOME using below command and it worked for me.

set "JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\your_jdk_version"

Answer 2

I solved this by editing my Environment Variables - System variables - variable named CLASSPATH. The variable contained

;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\EMC\ExJNIAPIGateway.jar

I quoted this

;"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\EMC\ExJNIAPIGateway.jar"

Everything ran smoothly afterwards. I don't really know what corporate software that jar file relates to, but I'm not bothered if it stops working on my PC.

Answer 3

set "JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\\[your_jdk_version]"

type this with your version of jdk above and retry running the bat file

Answer 4

I placed SET "JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_191" just under SET params='%*' inside "bin\elasticsearch.bat" and that made it work

@echo off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
setlocal enableextensions

SET params='%*'
SET "JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_191"

:loop
......

Answer 5

Remove in path variable like C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath and go for it.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch/129779/10

Answer 6

Set the java home it works. No need to edit elasticsearch.bat file Refer the image