# Ruby 1.8.6 problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-problem/112225>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 16, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-problem/112225 "2007-08-16T16:47:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![rorjeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rorjeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rorjeff)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-problem/112225/1 "2007-08-16T16:47:21Z")

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I’ve just installed ruby 1.8.6 and my Windows programs  
will not run.

In fxri  
puts “hi”  
=\> hi

In SciTE test.rb contains puts “hi”. It’s result is  
“The system cannot find the file specified.” I get  
this result from all my programs.

Thank goodness the two big programs I have written run  
on my Linus box’s.

Jeff

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**Author:** ![rorjeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rorjeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rorjeff)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-6-problem/112225/2 "2007-08-16T16:58:22Z")

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Hi –

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Jeffrey B. wrote:

> Thank goodness the two big programs I have written run  
> on my Linus box’s.

I’m not sure but I wonder whether Windows is adding an extra extension  
to your file, so that it’s test.rb.rb or test.rb.txt or something. It  
does that a lot.

David