From: julian Date: 2006-04-03T20:38:45+09:00 Subject: Re: running ruby programs on a windows xp computer ta very much indeed for your responce, please just explain if possible the bit where you say "which ever you have on your path" Ruby would always be installed in c:/ruby wouldn't it?? If we leave aside issues of partitioning disk drives and creation of more than one partition!! A drive on a computer would be C: and ruby would exist in a directory in the root called ruby wouldn't it ? so if as you say you could instal both 1.8.2 and 1.8.4 where would you install each one and how would the computer no which one to use when you run ruby programname.rb... please help......... ta cheers thanks