"Ian MacLean" <ianm / ActiveState.com> wrote in message news:3D94DBE3.80803 / activestate.com... >C:\ruby\bin;C:\Python22;C:\Perl\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDO WS\System32\Wbem > > > >does anyone know what i should do to fix this problem? (apart from the > >obvious of restarting the machine) > try echo %path% from your command window to verify that your path is > correct. Yes, only new command prompts will observe changes to the environment. It's not necessary to restart, but it is necessary to start a new process. Mikkel