Its very easy to install InstantRails on windows(xp\vista \….). I will here tell you in detail steps how to do that.So to install it properly follow the steps given below.

1.Firstly you have to download a Instantrails setup from the following link  if u dont have it .

<http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=904>

from this you have to download a Zip file on Your system.

2.After that you have to Extract files From this setup.For extracting please be sure that You have Winzip or Winrar already installed on    your  System.

3.If you have Winzip installed then you have to create a New Folder named  Ruby in C:\(c drive)or in which you have your windows installed and  paste this setup of  Instant Rails in this folder.

4.Then Right Click on the Setup and Select the option Extract here to extract files in this folder.

5. After Finishing Extraction you will see the lots of  files in this folder. In these files you have one icon Red Coloured I named Instant Rails.exe . By double clicking on this you Saw a dialouge box having some Buttons named Apache and MYSql. So if this dialouge box appears it means your installation is complete.

6.For your ease you can also create a shortcut of this Red Coloured I on your desktop.

So now you can enjoy with rails and Irb(Intreactive ruby) and can develop your applications in ruby..

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