Win32::Process::Open( $obj, $pid, $iflags ); #### use Win32::Process;; $pid = system 1, 'notepad';; ## The return from open2 should work just as well. Win32::Process::Open( $o, $pid, 0 );; print $o;; Win32::Process=SCALAR(0x4073208) $o->SetPriorityClass( IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS );;