# How do I tell gem to always get the MSWin32 version, if one

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-tell-gem-to-always-get-the-mswin32-version-if-one/69527>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-tell-gem-to-always-get-the-mswin32-version-if-one/69527 "2006-09-21T16:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ghoti143](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@ghoti143](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ghoti143)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-tell-gem-to-always-get-the-mswin32-version-if-one/69527/1 "2006-09-21T16:30:09Z")

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If anyone could help me out, I’d appreciate it.

When I do a gem install or gem update, if the latest version is  
available in both ruby and mswin32 versions, I’d like to automatically  
choose the win32 version. I looked in the command line options and in  
the docs for the gem config file, and I can’t find anything. It’s  
obviously not a big deal, but it would be nice.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike