From: Larry Stromboli Date: 2012-11-08T12:10:12+09:00 Subject: [Solved]Re: Capturing output from external application results in Errno::EMFILE: Too many open files Hopefully I can save someone else 2 weeks of hair pulling with the answer: The system was packaged without the null driver. Somehow this broke the ruby/windows api calls. Directions for fixing this were found at: http://siebn.de/other/nulldevice/ -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.