[rabbitmq-discuss] Once again: big, big trouble attempting a clean reinstall

[Matthias Radestock]

Jim,

On 20/11/12 20:43, Pollard, James wrote:
> downloaded installer otp_win32_R15B02_with_MSVCR100_Installer_fix.exe
>
> Installed the above (being careful to "run as administrator".
> Then ran rabbitmq-server-3.0.0.exe  (also as administrator).
>
> Exactly the same symptoms and result.

So running 'rabbitmq-service install' produces the same output as you 
posted earlier (modulo the difference in Erlang version)? What does 
'rabbitmq-service list' show?

> If I had a suggestion to the RabbitMQ team, it would be that their
> windows installer be made aware of these conditions so that
> it does not report successful installation when that was not in fact
> successful.

Sure, though to get this right it would be incredibly useful to 
reproduce the problem.

Regards,

Matthias.