I had a very odd problem recently that manifested itself like this.. C:\rails_apps\cookbook>ruby script/console Loading development environment. c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require__'': no such file to load -- ./script/../config/ ../config/environment (LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:21:in `require'' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:252:in `load_modules'' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in `load_modules'' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup'' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in `start'' from c:/ruby/bin/irb.bat:20 After pulling out what was left of my hair and doing some code spelunking, I eventually tracked down my problem. It was, of course, self-inflicted. A while back I discovered that the windows ''cmd.exe'' program checks the registry for an ''autorun'' key and then executes immediately. Being lazy, I had set up mine to do a ''cd c:\'' whenever I ran the command prompt. It turns out that this also gets run before every batch file. So this breaks all scripts that expect to start in a particular directory, I just never noticed it before because this wasn''t my main development machine. Deleting the key fixes the problem and restores the console (and other scripts). There. Now the only other person in the world who will do this can find the solution. I feel better now. _Kevin -- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your time!
Hey, thanks soooooooo much for this..... I am that ''other person'' I have searched lots and lots for a solution and was actually going to post a question on the board but decided to search and see if anyone else had this problem. Thanks again for posting this becuase I''ve reinstalled Ruby twice for this, as well as rails and all the dependencies. I was considering reinstalling my OS too!!! Thanks again. If you''re ever in Glasgow, Scotland I''ll buy you a pint. Stephen -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---