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January 29, 2026
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Cannot install AEM 6.5 on Windows Server 2022

  • January 29, 2026
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I'm trying to install Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 on Windows Server 2022 on command with the following command C:\AEM\Author>java -jar AEM_6.5_Quickstart.jar -r author -p4502

However the installation keeps getting stuck on "Press CTRL -C to shutdown the Quickstart Server:

Loading quickstart properties: default
Loading quickstart properties: instance
Low-memory action set to fork
Using 64bit VM settings, min.heap=1024MB, min permgen=256MB, default fork arguments=[-Xmx1024m, -XX:MaxPermSize=256m]
The JVM reports a heap size of 2048 MB, meets our expectation of 1024 MB +/- 20
Setting properties from filename 'C:/AEM/Author/AEM_6.5_Quickstart.jar'
Setting 'sling.run.modes' to 'author' from command line.
Verbose option not active, closing stdin and redirecting stdout and stderr
Redirecting stdout to C:\AEM\Author\crx-quickstart\logs\stdout.log
Redirecting stderr to C:\AEM\Author\crx-quickstart\logs\stderr.log
Press CTRL-C to shutdown the Quickstart server...

Java version installed is 21.0.9.

Any idea why this won't install?

j

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Anudeep_Garnepudi
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Community Advisor
January 30, 2026

@brucesanchez Your local server is successfully up and running and if you want to shutdown you need to press Ctrl + C.

Try accessing http://localhost:4502/ and check

AG