Windows could not start the RabbitMQ Service on local Computer

Question

I am trying to start RabbitMQ service on my local Windows laptop but I keep getting this error:

I first downloaded erlang (OTP 19.0 Windows 64-bit Binary File)

Answer 1

Open the command prompt and run the following commands one by one:

c:\>cd\  
c:\>cd Program Files  
c:\Program Files>cd RabbitMQ Server  
c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server>dir  
c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server>cd rabbitmq_server-3.8.1  
c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.8.1>dir  
c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.8.1>cd sbin  
c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.8.1\sbin>dir  
c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.8.1\sbin>SET HOMEDRIVE=C:

c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.8.1\sbin>rabbitmq-service enable

c:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.8.1\sbin>rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

and please make sure that you have copied the .erlang.cookie from c:\Windows to the root of your user folder ( C:\Users{user}\ )

Answer 2

I think I had the same problem which lies in the error

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

... and that maybe when erlang was installed it for some reason is sets the HOMEDRIVE to u: or something silly.

From the command line run:

SET HOMEDRIVE=C:

Then try to run your rabbitmq-service again. You may have to stop, remove, install, start it again.

rabbitmq-service stop
rabbitmq-service remove
rabbitmq-service install
rabbitmq-service start

and please make sure that you have copied the .erlang.cookie from c:\Windows to the root of your user folder ( C:\Users\{user}\ )

Answer 3

Try

rabbitmq-service install

then

rabbitmq-service start

again