RabbitMQ & Erlang/OTP Troubleshooting
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.
Steps to uninstall RabbitMQ & Erlang/OTP
- 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.
©2021 Cognizant, all rights reserved. US Patent 10,410,152