# Error starting server **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 22, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-starting-server/183924 "2010-02-22T18:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metaltree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@metaltree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metaltree)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-starting-server/183924/1 "2010-02-22T18:37:34Z")
## OS: Windows Server 2008 Ruby: ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386-mingw32] Rails: Rails 2.3.5 Rails app created with: Rails 1.2.5 # When I try to start the server, a window pops up with the following message: “This application has failed to start because msvcrt-ruby18.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.” # Here is the output in the DOS console: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32\>cd c:\rails\_apps\aaa\_arb c:\rails\_apps\aaa\_arb\>ruby script/server -e production =\> Booting WEBrick =\> Rails 2.3.5 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_support/depend encies.rb:156:in `require': C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/li b/gettext/iconv.rb:88: invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII) (SyntaxError) C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/lib/gettext/iconv.rb:88: inval id multibyte char (US-ASCII) C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/lib/gettext/iconv.rb:88: synta x error, unexpected $end, expecting ')' puts Iconv.iconv("EUC-JP", "UTF-8", "ほげ").join ^ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `block in require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/lib/gettext/mo.rb :18:in `' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `block in require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/lib/gettext.rb:18 :in `\’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `block in require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/lib/gettext/cgi.r b:13:in `' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `block in require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gettext-1.10.0/lib/gettext/rails .rb:12:in `\’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `block in require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’ from c:/rails\_apps/aaa\_arb/config/environment.rb:17:in ` ' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `block in require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_s upport/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in’ from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active\_s upport/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from C:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/commands/server. rb:84:in `\’ from script/server:3:in `require' from script/server:3:in `’ c:\rails\_apps\aaa\_arb\> ---
**Author:** ![metaltree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@metaltree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metaltree)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-starting-server/183924/2 "2010-02-22T18:55:28Z")
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/203527#886517](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/203527#886517) ---
**Author:** ![metaltree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@metaltree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metaltree)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-starting-server/183924/3 "2010-02-22T20:28:58Z")
Sharagoz – wrote: > [Could not find rmagick locally or in a repository - Rails - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/203527#886517) Thank you.