Outlook.exe /resetnavpane

This command should fix the problem with your MS Office Outlook. It worked for me on Windows XP SP2.

Now next step is to install Rails and to do that go to Command Prompt [Start > Run > cmd]. Run the following command:

gem install rails -remote

This command will look for appropriate version of Rails for the Ruby, download it for installation. This installation process will give some options, select Y for all the givens.

Setup an empty Rails application

To setup a blank/empty Rails application open command prompt and navigate to your project directory:

cd D:/projects/ror/

Now let’s say we want to name our first Ruby on Rails web application “fror” [First Ruby on Rails]. To do so run the following command:

rails fror

This will create a directory called “fror” containing complete directory tree of folders and files for the Rails application.

Test our first Rails application

From the command prompt navigate into the directory that we have just created “fror” and type the following command to start built-in web server, WEBrick:

ruby script/server

Now try to run the URL http : // localhost : 3000/ and this should give you a message like “Welcome aboard”.