... use HTTP::Cookies::Microsoft; my $cookies_dir = $Registry-> {"CUser/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Shell Folders/Cookies"}; my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies::Microsoft->new( file => "$cookies_dir\\index.dat", 'delayload' => 1, ); my %default_mech_params = ( agent => 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)', #stack_depth => 1, #quiet => 1, #autosave => 1, cookie_jar => $cookie_jar, );