use Win32::API; Win32::API::Struct->typedef( PROCESSENTRY32 => qw{ LONG dwSize; LONG cntUsage; LONG th32ProcessID; LONG th32DefaultHeapID; LONG th32ModuleID; LONG cntThreads; LONG th32ParentProcessID; LONG pcPriClassBase; LONG dwFlags; CHAR szExeFile[260]; }); Win32::API->Import('kernel32.dll', "HANDLE CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(DWORD dwFlags,DWORD th32ProcessID)"); Win32::API->Import('kernel32.dll', "BOOL Process32First( HANDLE hSnapshot, LPPROCESSENTRY32 lppe )" ); Win32::API->Import('kernel32.dll', "BOOL Process32Next( HANDLE hSnapshot, LPPROCESSENTRY32 lppe )" ); my $TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS = 0x2; my $Snapshot = undef; my $ProcessInfo = Win32::API::Struct->new('PROCESSENTRY32'); $Snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot($TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0); $ProcessInfo->{dwSize} = Win32::API::Struct::sizeof ($ProcessInfo); $Sucess = Process32First($Snapshot, $ProcessInfo); print "Fist Process : $ProcessInfo->{szExeFile}\n"; #are returning nothing