use Win32::Process; use Win32; sub ErrorReport { print Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::GetLastError() ); } Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj, "C:\\Perl\\bin\\perl.exe", "perl CC4.4.pl ", 1, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, ".")|| die ErrorReport(); $ProcessObj->Suspend(); $ProcessObj->Resume(); #$ProcessObj->Wait(INFINITE);