On Sep 17, 2011, at 4:10 PM, tim o wrote: > > hi cr > i am looking at the rvm site basics but your install process > your code has % and $ symbols which sounds like it wouldn't work on windows > if i type $ sign or % sign in ruby command prompt it responds with not recognized Tim, the % sign I used was to indicate the standard bash shell prompt on UNIX (or OSX). You aren't supposed to type it. Also, rvm doesn't work on Windows. You should take a look at the "pik" product for managing your Rubies. cr