# Can't change projects RAILS\_ROOT problem?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-change-projects-rails-root-problem/171840>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 9, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-change-projects-rails-root-problem/171840 "2009-07-09T23:45:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![neilbain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@neilbain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/neilbain)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-change-projects-rails-root-problem/171840/1 "2009-07-09T23:45:13Z")

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I have been learning RoR from Simply Rails 2. I have successfully made a  
project which opens with [http://localhost:3000/stories](http://localhost:3000/stories). I am trying to  
run another project(browserCMS) and the install instructions say it  
should open with  
[http://localhost:3000/cms](http://localhost:3000/cms) but I get the following errors  
NameError in CmsController#index  
uninitialized constant CmsController  
RAILS\_ROOT: /home/neil/Desktop/RoR/ruby-1.8.6/shovell

shovell is the root directory of the stories project. Can I cure this by  
changing RAILS\_ROOT? If so how?

Confused

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**Author:** ![neilbain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@neilbain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/neilbain)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-change-projects-rails-root-problem/171840/2 "2009-07-09T23:56:28Z")

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On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Neil B.[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> changing RAILS\_ROOT? If so how?  
> How did you install BrowserCMS? Is your intention to integrate  
> BrowserCMS into your existing project or just use it stand-alone?