Changxin
Livebook: Failed to connect runtime - Elixir terminated unexpectedly
I’ve installed livebook by livebook_websetup.exe, but I can’t connect to Elixir runtime in livebook with Elixir Standalone on my Windows laptop.
once I click evaluate or Connect button, it shows:
Failed to connect runtime - Elixir terminated unexpectedly, please check the terminal for errors.
I don’t know what to do, I started it by clicking desktop ico…
Anyone can help? Any operations I should try or some settings I should check?
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Changxin
Well, the solution is change my Livebook installation path, because the old path has space 
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mardukbp
I had the same issue after installing Livebook on Windows as a user with no admin rights. I fixed it by editing the file %LOCALAPPDATA%\rel\releases\{livebook-version}\env.bat as follows:
- if not defined RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION set RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION=sname
+ if not defined RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION set RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION=name
- if not defined RELEASE_NODE set RELEASE_NODE=livebook-app-!TIMESTAMP:~8,6!-!RANDOM!
+ if not defined RELEASE_NODE set RELEASE_NODE=livebook-app-!TIMESTAMP:~8,6!-!RANDOM!@127.0.0.1
Hope that helps 
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mardukbp
I had the same issue after installing Livebook on Windows as a user with no admin rights. I fixed it by editing the file %LOCALAPPDATA%\rel\releases\{livebook-version}\env.bat as follows:
- if not defined RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION set RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION=sname
+ if not defined RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION set RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION=name
- if not defined RELEASE_NODE set RELEASE_NODE=livebook-app-!TIMESTAMP:~8,6!-!RANDOM!
+ if not defined RELEASE_NODE set RELEASE_NODE=livebook-app-!TIMESTAMP:~8,6!-!RANDOM!@127.0.0.1
Hope that helps
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