Unable to kill the VM with Ctrl+C Erlang 21.0.1 and Elixir 1.6.6 on windows

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If you want to shutdown safely then :io.stop() is the better choice.

I usually import it as stop via the .iex.exs file.

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The workaround worked for me.
Elixir 1.7, Erl 21.0 - on windows
Many thanks

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I also have the issue that ctrl-C does not seem to have any effect.

I can exit iex with :erlang.halt

I also mistakenly pressed ctrl-V and noticed that it pasted in the contents of my windows clipboard, so I can only assume that ctrl-C is executing the ‘copy’ shortcut. Not sure if this helps.

I am on Windows 10 and just installed the latest version of elixir and OTP:

_Erlang/OTP 21 [erts-10.0.1] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1]_

_Elixir 1.7.3 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 19)_
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Btw, this has been fixed on Erlang/OTP 21.1. I will update the installer to provide installing 21.1 as an option.

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@josevalim

I am using Erlang/OTP 21.1 and Elixir 17.3, but I still cannot kill the VM with Ctrl+C on Windows.

More precisely, I cannot stop a Phoenix app running on Git Bash (MINGW64).

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Same, here.
Use System.halt() in the meanwhile.