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If RabbitMQ and Erlang/OTP are not uninstalled completely, you may encounter problems attempting to install RabbitMQ and Erlang/OTP on the same machine. Follow the steps given on this page to completely uninstall these software from your machine.

• Open the Windows Control Panel.
• Double-click Programs and Features.

• In the list of currently installed programs, right-click RabbitMQ Server, and then click Uninstall.

• In the list of currently installed programs, right-click Erlang/OTP, and then click Uninstall.

• Open the Windows Task Manager.

• In the Task Manager, look for the process epmd.exe. If this process is still running, right-click it and then click End Process.

• Delete all the installation directories for both RabbitMQ and Erlang/OTP.

• Delete the file C:\Windows\.erlang.cookie (if present).

• Go to the User folder: C:\Users\[username], and then delete the file .erlang.cookie.

• Also in the User folder, go to AppData\Roaming\RabbitMQ.

• Backup the Log folder to a secure location, and then delete the folder.