From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T21:10:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Win 98 one-click 1.8.5-21 installer problem

On 8/31/06, jzakiya@mail.com <jzakiya@mail.com> wrote:
> On my Windows 98 desktop the installer appears to load correctly.
> When I attempt to run Freeride from the windows menu, however, the
> following message is shown in the DOS terminal window:
>
> ---------------------------
> c:\ruby\freeride>ruby freeride.rb
>
>    Bad command or file name
> ----------------------------
>
> But, when I go into the c:\ruby\bin directory and run irb it
> comes up and runs fine, but I can't get Freeride to run.
>
> I have no problem on a laptop with XP, so is this a Win 98 issues?

Win98 doesn't keep the environment in the registry. Does your
autoexec.bat include Ruby as part of the path (e.g., is c:\ruby in the
SET PATH= line?). If it isn't, you'll have to add it. If it is, you'll
have to reboot to make it stick.

-austin
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