MSMQ cannot delete or purge a queue

Question

I\'m very new to MSMQ. We have a critical system using MSMQ and it is not able to start due to insufficient resources. It appears that MSMQ is at capacity. I am trying to p

Answer 1

I think there is rights issue.

You are not able to give rights then do following step for forcefully delete queue.

1. Stop following services

Message Queuing Triggers,
Net.Msmq Listener Adapter
Message Queuing.

1. Go to C:\Windows\System32\msmq\storage\lqs

2. Now open file in notepad or notepad++ and

   see the name of queue at QueueName=\private$\YourQueueName

3. Before delete file backup the file. Now delete that file.

4. Don't delete other file which does not have your queue name.

5. Do these things as your own risk.

6. Now start following services

Message Queuing Triggers,
Net.Msmq Listener Adapter
Message Queuing.

This trick work for me...