# Ignition 7.9.16 - gateway don´t start

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 15, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-16-gateway-don-t-start/54160 "2021-12-15T18:04:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-16-gateway-don-t-start/54160/7 "2021-12-15T22:42:43Z")

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> [@Gateway Service not starting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting/1817):
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> Ok… another day… another new problem. Its been a couple of days since I have launched the Gateway Control Utility on my laptop. So… today… I wanted to work on my project… I clicked on the Utility and the pop-up came on the screen and showed that the Gateway was trying to Re-establish connection. I clicked on Start Service… and it would not start… and I got the following message in a box… The Ignition Gateway Service is starting…The Ignition Gateway Service could not be started. A service speci…

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