# WME 4.6.0.01 Windows Service Not Starting

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wme-4-6-0-01-windows-service-not-starting/47808>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wme-4-6-0-01-windows-service-not-starting/47808 "2016-12-20T09:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Will\_Polley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@Will\_Polley](https://community.wowza.com/u/Will_Polley)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wme-4-6-0-01-windows-service-not-starting/47808/2 "2016-12-20T10:02:41Z")

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This [thread](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/39819) seems to be related.

JAVA\_HOME is correct in the system environment variables, but wowza is holding onto the old location.

echoing JAVA\_HOME in command prompt prints the correct location as well.

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