# RMagick problem on Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-problem-on-windows/176883>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 7, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-problem-on-windows/176883 "2009-10-07T16:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![sgurbat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@sgurbat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgurbat)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-problem-on-windows/176883/1 "2009-10-07T16:02:49Z")

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Hi all,

for first sorry for my english.

I’ve a little problem with RMagick on Windows Vista.

I’ve decided to use the “Paperclip” plugin an it works fine, than I’ve  
decided to install RMagick in order to create image thumbs but … even  
if i followed the instructions i can see an error like:

“Unable to load module …  
-c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.5.0-x86-mswin32/ext/RMagick2.so”

But the RMagick2.so exists in that directory. sad

Can somebody help me?

I’m using Rails 2.2.2 with Ruby 1.8.6

Tnx a lot.

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**Author:** ![sgurbat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@sgurbat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgurbat)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-problem-on-windows/176883/2 "2009-10-07T18:44:41Z")

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Yuri R. wrote:  
even

> if i followed the instructions i can see an error like:
> 
> “Unable to load module …  
> -c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.5.0-x86-mswin32/ext/RMagick2.so”
> 
> But the RMagick2.so exists in that directory. sad

Did you install imagemagick ?

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**Author:** ![sgurbat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@sgurbat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgurbat)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-problem-on-windows/176883/3 "2009-10-07T18:57:49Z")

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Aldric G. wrote:

> Yuri R. wrote:  
> even
> 
> > if i followed the instructions i can see an error like:
> > 
> > “Unable to load module …  
> > -c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-2.5.0-x86-mswin32/ext/RMagick2.so”
> > 
> > But the RMagick2.so exists in that directory. sad
> 
> Did you install imagemagick ?

Yes I’ve installed it.

However I’ve find the solution few minutes ago.

I’ve restarted my computer and now it works. 🙂

Probably because was necessary to reload some PATHS.

Tnx again!