File Reporter introduced file content scanning in version 3.5 and subsequently introduced the RabbitMQ message broker as a component. If you installed RabbitMQ previously, you are encouraged to upgrade to the updated version that is provided. Before doing so, you should do the following:
Verify all scans are completed or canceled.
Uninstall the service.
Stop the RabbitMQ service.
The console command is sc stop rabbitmq
Within the existing RabbitMQ folder, run remove-rabbitmq-service.bat
Delete the existing RabbitMQ folder.
Follow the installation steps in the remainder of this chapter to install and set up the new version.