# Unable to locate component

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 20, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-locate-component/191916 "2010-07-20T17:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jrnicl4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@jrnicl4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrnicl4)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-locate-component/191916/1 "2010-07-20T17:28:57Z")

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I installed ruby on rails on windows xp and created and project (rails  
my\_project). I started the server(ruby script\server). I openned the  
browser and launch the page ([http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/)). When I selected a  
link on the page, a message pop-up on my screen: “This application has  
failed to start because sqlite3.dll was not found. Re-installing the  
application may fix this problem”.

I did install sqlite3.

What a I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![jrnicl4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@jrnicl4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrnicl4)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-locate-component/191916/2 "2010-07-20T18:43:03Z")

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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Hugo N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> What a I doing wrong?

Is sqlite3.dll in you path? The recommended[1] way to do it is to  
copy that file to C:\ruby\bin.

Hope that helps.

Gordon

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[http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3/](http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/07/06/getting-started-with-rails-and-sqlite3/)

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**Author:** ![jrnicl4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@jrnicl4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrnicl4)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-locate-component/191916/3 "2010-07-20T20:06:01Z")

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Hugo N. wrote:

> I installed ruby on rails on windows xp and created and project (rails  
> my\_project). I started the server(ruby script\server). I openned the  
> browser and launch the page ([http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/)). When I selected a  
> link on the page, a message pop-up on my screen: “This application has  
> failed to start because sqlite3.dll was not found. Re-installing the  
> application may fix this problem”.
> 
> I did install sqlite3.
> 
> What a I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks for your help

Thanks for your help!!! I fix the issue. I had to extract the files in  
the c:\ruby\bin folder as you mentionned.