# Does Rails 3.0.0 beta3 work with ruby 1.9.1 on Windows XP?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 31, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-0-0-beta3-work-with-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-xp/197198 "2010-05-31T07:43:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-0-0-beta3-work-with-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-xp/197198/1 "2010-05-31T07:43:48Z")

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Does Rails 3.0.0 beta3 work with ruby 1.9.1 on Windows XP?

It does not work for me, the sample program crashes with no error  
message.

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**Author:** ![daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-0-0-beta3-work-with-ruby-1-9-1-on-windows-xp/197198/2 "2010-05-31T10:13:37Z")

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On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:42 PM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> Does Rails 3.0.0 beta3 work with ruby 1.9.1 on Windows XP?
> 
> It does not work for me, the sample program crashes with no error  
> message.

Dave, the recommended Ruby version for Rails 3.0 Beta 3 is Ruby 1.9.2  
because there seem to  
be issues with Ruby 1.9.1. Please read the following for further  
details:

> **[Rails 3.0: Second beta release](https://rubyonrails.org/2010/4/1/rails-3-0-second-beta-release)**
>
> It took longer than we thought, but then again, what doesn’t? This is the second beta release of Rails 3.0 and hopefully our last stop before a release candidate. There are still a handful of known regressions (see the list at the end), but we’ve...

Good luck,

-Conrad