# \*\*\* POSSIBLE ISSUE with Ruby 1-click Installer for Windows 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 3, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/possible-issue-with-ruby-1-click-installer-for-windows-1/101250 "2006-08-03T20:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dplante](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dplante](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dplante)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/possible-issue-with-ruby-1-click-installer-for-windows-1/101250/1 "2006-08-03T20:01:40Z")
I wanted to move from Ruby 1.8.2 to Ruby 1.8.4 on this windows machine. After reading the 1-click installer FAQ, I decided to uninstall 1.8.2 and install 1.8.4. Unfortunately, after the install I noticed the path for my system variables became only c:\ruby\bin (all other entries seemed to have disappeared) I can’t be 100% sure it was this installer… Could someone else confirm? Thanks! Dominique ---
**Author:** ![dplante](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dplante](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dplante)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/possible-issue-with-ruby-1-click-installer-for-windows-1/101250/2 "2006-08-03T20:16:42Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: … > Unfortunately, after the install I noticed the path for my system > variables became only c:\ruby\bin (all other entries seemed to have > disappeared) > … There is a bug ([http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5017&group\_id=167&atid=715](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5017&group_id=167&atid=715)) open on this. The comments indicate it may be related to a PATH that is longer than 1024 characters. Seems the installer (NSIS) has a default limit for strings set to 1024. cheers Chris