# Using rails\_upgrade on windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rails-upgrade-on-windows/198390>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 31, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rails-upgrade-on-windows/198390 "2010-10-31T04:38:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rails-upgrade-on-windows/198390/1 "2010-10-31T04:38:52Z")

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Well, I’ve been at this for the past two days.

I’m trying to upgrade a Rails 2.3.2 app (ruby 1.8.7) to rails 3, ruby  
1.9.2

I ran across this rails\_upgrade plugin and got excited–at first.

However, the installation calls for a ruby script/plugin command, which  
does not exist anymore.

I found a post that says to go back to old rails environment to run it.  
So I did that. The install does not appear to work as I do not get the  
message that the install.rb is supposed to display.

when I try to run the rake rails:upgrade:check I get the message that  
rake does not know how to run the task.

I also found that I should update to 2.3.5 first so I tried that. More  
problems.

Is there a way I can manually install the rails\_upgrade in the rails 3  
environment (not using the script/plugin)? It says it should run in  
rails 3.

TIA,  
Dan