Cannot enable rabbitmq-management plugin on Windows

Somehow, this solved my issue from Command Prompt run as administrator.

C:\...\rabbitmq-server-3.5.6\sbin> SET HOMEDRIVE=C: C:\...\rabbitmq-server-3.5.6\sbin> rabbitmq-service remove C:\...\rabbitmq-server-3.5.6\sbin> rabbitmq-service install C:\...\rabbitmq-server-3.5.6\sbin> rabbitmq-plugins.bat enable rabbitmq_management

Thanks @jacboian

I faced the same problem and my investigations led me to https://stackoverflow.com/a/34538688 which helped me solve it. After following the steps in that answer, start the service and the problem should be solved.

Basically, the problem is caused by the RabbitMQ installer not registering the service correctly.