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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Im trying to get started with RabbitMQ and have Erlang RTP set up without problem.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any attempt to start rabbitmq always ends up with a "Failed to create cookie file" message</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Y:\rabbitmq_server-1.4.0\sbin>rabbitmq-server.bat</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">{error_logger,{{2008,11,27},{9,21,45}},"Failed to create cookie file",[]}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">{error_logger,{{2008,11,27},{9,21,45}},crash_report,[[{pid,<0.20.0>},{registered</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">_name,auth},{error_info,{"Failed to create cookie file",[{auth,init_cookie,0},{a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">uth,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}},{initial_call,{gen,ini</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t_it,[gen_server,<0.18.0>,<0.18.0>,{local,auth},auth,[],[]]}},{ancestors,[net_su</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">p,kernel_sup,<0.9.0>]},{messages,[]},{links,[<0.18.0>]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_ex</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">it,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,21},{reductions,699}],[]]}</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Looking around on the google pages gave some hints that the environment settings for HOME or HOMEDRIVE or HOMEPATH might be important so these have all been set to Y:\rabbitmq_server-1.4.0.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any other hints would be great</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks</FONT>
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