epmd error for host myhost: address (cannot connect to host/port) on windows 10

Question

I am trying to install rabbitmq. The installation of both erlang i.e OTP 18.1 file was done successfulyl and also rabbitmq installation completed successfully. But when I try to connect rabbitmq, I get the following error:

C:\Program Files (x86)\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.5.6\sbin>rabbitmq-plugins.bat enable rabbitmq_management
Plugin configuration unchanged.
Applying plugin configuration to rabbit@INLN50899724A... failed.
 * Could not contact node rabbit@INLN50899724A.
   Changes will take effect at broker restart.
 * Options: --online  - fail if broker cannot be contacted.
            --offline - do not try to contact broker.
C:\Program Files (x86)\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.5.6\sbin>rabbitmq-server restart
ERROR: epmd error for host INLN50899724A: address (cannot connect to host/port)

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Answer 1

I may be replying really late, but still I'm facing this issue. So it may help somebody event while installing rabbitmq version 3.6.5. To change the node name, open "rabbitmq-env.bat" under "installation dir\sbin" and change RABBITMQ_NODENAME to "rabbit@localhost" (line number 90 in rabbitmq 3.6.5). But make sure you remove the windows service, do change the nodename, install service and start it. This worked for me. No other options worked for me which were marked as right answer in stackoverflow!