"ts" <decoux / moulon.inra.fr> wrote in message > No, you just don't have access to this extension : So there are some programs I won't be able to run. Right? > this just mean that you can't use cursor key with irb By cursor keys, if you mean the up-down-left-right arrow keys, then I have confirmed that I can use them in IRB even without the extension. But that may be part of the native windows magic because I can do that even at the command prompt:C:\> Thanks for you help. -- shanko