I installed Ruby v1.6.3-1 and 1.6.4-1 (both InstallShield) and I can't use GTK with them: C:\devel>ruby\bin\ruby -v -e "require 'gtk'" ruby 1.6.2 (2000-12-18) [i386-cygwin] C:\devel>ruby-1.6.3\bin\ruby -v -e "require 'gtk'" ruby 1.6.3 (2001-03-19) [i386-cygwin] -e:1:in `require': dlopen: Win32 error 1114 - /cygdrive/c/DEVEL/RUBY-1.6.3/lib/r uby/site_ruby/1.6/i386-cygwin/gtk.so (LoadError) from -e:1 C:\devel>ruby-1.6.4\bin\ruby -v -e "require 'gtk'" ruby 1.6.4 (2001-06-04) [i386-cygwin] -e:1:in `require': dlopen: Win32 error 1114 - /cygdrive/c/DEVEL/RUBY-1.6.4/lib/r uby/site_ruby/1.6/i386-cygwin/gtk.so (LoadError) from -e:1 Error 1114 means ERROR_DLL_INIT_FAILED. Thanks Windows, it helps a lot! Do I need to upgrade GTK? If so, where can I find the new DLLs? I use gtk-dlls-20000215.zip. Thanks. Mike. midulo.