[Wtr-general] changing watir versions

[Jeff Fry]

Thanks Zeljko,
Uninstalling ruby did the trick. I'm still curious if someone on the 
list can answer:

how does my machine find watir? How does it choose between multiple 
installs? Can I tell it explicitly in a script to use a particular 
version?

Jeff

Jeff Fry wrote:
> Hey, y'all.
>
> I'm trying to use a feature that is in v1.4.1 but not in v1.1, and find 
> that even though I've installed 1.4.1, when I require 'watir' what I get 
> is v1.1:
> irb(main):001:0> require 'watir'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> Watir::IE::VERSION
> => "1.1"
>
> Details:
> I installed watir v1.1 when it first came out.
> Over time, I installed several other versions of watir, up to and 
> including 1.4.1, each in it's own directory.
> I just tried using ie.url in a script, and see it's not found. 
> Investigating, I realize that I'm still using watir v1.1.
> I checked my PATH and my registry, but didn't see a reference to watir 
> in either spot. (perhaps I missed something in the registry?)
> I ran the uninstaller, from the Start menu, but it uninstalled v1.4.1.
> I then went ahead and deleted every copy of watir I could find on my 
> box...somehow I'm missing the one version that my computer keeps 
> finding...v1.1 still mocks me.  ;0(
>
> So...how does my machine find watir? How does it choose between multiple 
> installs? Can I tell it explicitly in a script to use a particular 
> version? And how can I find the version of v1.1 that my machine keeps 
> finding and blow it away for good?
>
> In eager anticipation of using v1.4.1,
> Jeff
>
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