title: logstash not starting up in windows 10 pro - ELK stack
body: <p>I am new to ELK stack. I have installed ELK stack in Windows. The Elastic Search and kibana works great. But when i started logstash, it shows the following error.</p>
  
  <p>When i started the logstash:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files\logstash-6.7.0\logstash-6.7.0\bin&gt;logstash.bat
  Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx1024M
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
  Error: Could not find or load main class Files\logstash-6.7.0\logstash-6.7.0\logstash-core\lib\jars\animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar;C:\Program
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Files\logstash-6/7/0\logstash-6/7/0\logstash-core\lib\jars\animal-sniffer-annotations-1/14/jar;C:\Program
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When i tried to pass data via logstash:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files\logstash-6.7.0\logstash-6.7.0\bin&gt;logstash -f logstash_apps.config
  Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx1024M
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
  Error: Could not find or load main class Files\logstash-6.7.0\logstash-6.7.0\logstash-core\lib\jars\animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar;C:\Program
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Files\logstash-6/7/0\logstash-6/7/0\logstash-core\lib\jars\animal-sniffer-annotations-1/14/jar;C:\Program
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I searched the missing file <code>animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar</code>  in the logstash directory. It was there in the bin folder. I tried searching stackoverflow and google but can't find a proper solution. Anyone give me some solutions to solve the problem.</p>
  
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