perl -v This is perl 5, version 26, subversion 0 (v5.26.0) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread # this perl has MCE support perl -MMCE -e 1 # and this is its path PATH=C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\bin\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin; C:\WINDOWS; C:\WINDOWS\system32; # this other one is 5.20.3 WITHOUT MCE perl -v This is perl 5, version 20, subversion 3 (v5.20.3) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread # original path PATH=C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\bin\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin; C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32; perl -MMCE -e 1 Can't locate MCE.pm in @INC (you may need to install the MCE module) (@INC contains: C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.20.64bit/perl/site/lib C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.20.64bit/perl/vendor/lib C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.20.64bit/perl/lib .). BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. # prepending the other version in PATH set PATH=C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\bin\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin; C:\WINDOWS; C:\WINDOWS\system32; path PATH=C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\bin\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin; C:\WINDOWS; C:\WINDOWS\system32; # now... omg UPDATE: wrong assumption from my part: see below Anonymous Monk at 11144117 perl -MMCE -e "print $INC{'MCE.pm'}" C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.26.64bit/perl/site/lib/MCE.pm #### set PATH=C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\c\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\bin\UnxUtils\usr\local\wbin; C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\site\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\bin; C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\bin; perl -MMCE -e "print $INC{'MCE.pm'}; print @INC" Can't locate MCE.pm in @INC (you may need to install the MCE module) (@INC contains: C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.20.64bit/perl/site/lib C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.20.64bit/perl/vendor/lib C:/EX_D/ulisseDUE/perl5.20.64bit/perl/lib .). BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. which perldoc.bat C:\EX_D\ulisseDUE\perl5.20.64bit\perl\bin\perldoc.bat