# Cannot start rails with thin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-start-rails-with-thin/129320>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 16, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-start-rails-with-thin/129320 "2008-02-16T18:30:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-start-rails-with-thin/129320/1 "2008-02-16T18:30:33Z")

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I got another error. Do i hafve to configure anything special for the  
environment when i start with thin. i was looking at the instructions  
in teh thin site and it just told be to do the following.  
[http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/](http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/)  
E:\TradingTools\Development\script\>thin start  
e:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- E:/Tradi ngTools/Development/script/config/environment (LoadError) from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 27:in `require’  
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/  
lib/rack/adapter/rails.rb:26:in `load\_application’

```
    from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/

```

lib/rack/adapter/rails.rb:18:in `initialize' from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/ lib/thin/controllers/controller.rb:47:in `new’  
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/  
lib/thin/controllers/controller.rb:47:in `start' from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/ lib/thin/runner.rb:143:in `send’  
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/  
lib/thin/runner.rb:143:in `run_command' from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/ lib/thin/runner.rb:114:in `run!’  
from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/  
bin/thin:6  
from e:/ruby/bin/thin:16:in `load’  
from e:/ruby/bin/thin:16

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**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-start-rails-with-thin/129320/2 "2008-02-18T13:20:44Z")

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On Feb 16, 12:26 pm, Junkone [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> lib/rack/adapter/rails.rb:26:in `load_application' lib/thin/runner.rb:143:in `run\_command’  
> from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/  
> lib/thin/runner.rb:114:in `run!' from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/thin-0.6.4-x86-mswin32-60/ bin/thin:6 from e:/ruby/bin/thin:16:in `load’  
> from e:/ruby/bin/thin:16

any help is appreciated as i am stuck here.