diff --git "a/C:\\Users\\LAZARI~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\gem1630.rb" "b/P:\\sand\\rubyi2\\sandbox\\ruby193\\gem_prelude.rb"
index 3d4516f..9daa619 100644
--- "a/C:\\Users\\LAZARI~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\gem1630.rb"
+++ "b/P:\\sand\\rubyi2\\sandbox\\ruby193\\gem_prelude.rb"
@@ -1 +1,27 @@
-require 'rubygems.rb' if defined?(Gem)
+begin
+  require 'rubygems.rb' if defined?(Gem)
+rescue LoadError
+ 
+  #the current file directory (= source-tree-root)
+  fdir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+
+  #add ./.ext/RUBY_PLATFORM thus external binary libraries work
+  $LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path(File.join(".ext", RUBY_PLATFORM), fdir ) 
+
+  #add "lib", so it finds rubygems.rb (and other libraries)
+  $LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path(File.join("lib"), fdir )
+  
+  #add current file-dir, thus require "rbconfig.rb" works
+  $LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path(fdir)
+  
+  #add ./.ext/common thus external libraries work
+  $LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path(File.join(".ext","common"), fdir )
+
+  #puts "\nActual library paths:"
+  #puts   "---------------------"
+  #$LOAD_PATH.each { |i|  p i }
+  #puts   "---------------------"
+
+  require 'rubygems.rb' if defined?(Gem)
+  
+end