cpan[2]> test Wx::Demo
Running test for module 'Wx::Demo'
Running make for M/MD/MDOOTSON/Wx-Demo-0.21.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory \.cpan\build\Wx-Demo-0.21-
+ltGu3u
  Has already been made
Running make test

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.10.3077
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

        C:\perl512\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_h
+arness(0,
'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
t/01_load.t .. "stc" is not defined in %Wx::EXPORT_TAGS at C:\.cpan\bu
+ild\Wx-Dem
o-0.21-ltGu3u\blib\lib/Wx/Demo/Source.pm line 5

#   Failed test 'use Wx::Demo;'
#   at t/01_load.t line 6.
#     Tried to use 'Wx::Demo'.
#     Error:  Can't continue after import errors at C:/perl512/site/li
+b/Wx.pm li
ne 76
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\.cpan\build\Wx-Demo-0.21-ltG
+u3u\blib\l
ib/Wx/Demo/Source.pm line 6.
t/01_load.t .. 1/50 # Compilation failed in require at C:\.cpan\build\
+Wx-Demo-0.
21-ltGu3u\blib\lib/Wx/Demo.pm line 94.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\.cpan\build\Wx-Demo-0.21-ltG
+u3u\blib\l
ib/Wx/Demo.pm line 94.
# Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 2.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 2.
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 50.
t/01_load.t .. Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
Failed 1/50 subtests
t/zz_pod.t ... ok

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/01_load.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 50 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  1
  Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=2, Tests=261,  2 wallclock secs ( 0.14 usr +  0.03 sys =  0.17 C
+PU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/2 test programs. 1/261 subtests failed.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\perl512\bin\perl.exe' : return code '0x
+ff'
Stop.
  MDOOTSON/Wx-Demo-0.21.tar.gz
  nmake test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports MDOOTSON/Wx-Demo-0.21.tar.gz
Failed during this command:
 MDOOTSON/Wx-Demo-0.21.tar.gz                 : make_test NO

cpan[3]>
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Looks like you don't have stc compiled in, what do you get for

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use Alien::wxWidgets;
local $\ = $/;
Alien::wxWidgets->show_configurations ;
print for Alien::wxWidgets->link_libraries;
__END__
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I guess my Wx is too old to help in this thread.

compilet-1375404032.c
   Creating library C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\compilet.lib and object C:\WINDOWS
+\TEMP\comp
ilet.exp
wxWidgets 2.008012 for msw; compiler compatibility: cl 7.1; options: n
+o debug, n
o unicode

wxbase28.lib
wxmsw28_richtext.lib
wxmsw28_core.lib
wxmsw28_aui.lib
wxbase28_net.lib
wxmsw28_html.lib
wxbase28_xml.lib
wxmsw28_media.lib
wxmsw28_qa.lib
wxmsw28_xrc.lib
wxmsw28_adv.lib
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AM: Thank you for showing us a direction to debug the issue.

When running your script, I get:

wxWidgets 2.009004 for msw; 
    compiler compatibility: gcc 3.4; options: no debug, unicode, no ms
+lu

-lwxbase29u
-lwxmsw29u_richtext
-lwxmsw29u_core
-lwxmsw29u_stc
-lwxmsw29u_aui
-lwxmsw29u_gl
-lwxbase29u_net
-lwxmsw29u_html
-lwxmsw29u_media
-lwxbase29u_xml
-lwxmsw29u_webview
-lwxmsw29u_propgrid
-lwxmsw29u_xrc
-lwxmsw29u_adv
-lwxmsw29u_ribbon
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What's your opinion?

Many TIA - Helen

NB is it right to assume the following: looking at the crash in the OP, it seems that it occurred in 01_load.t . That test script goes:

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Is this pointing us in any direction?
Is it telling us that the crash has actually occurred inside the use_ok method of Test::More while going:
use_ok( 'Wx::Demo' ); ?

Note that in the OP, the test report says: Failed 50/50 subtests, so does this mean that "use" failed loading each and every demo module?

Update: when going:  perl -e "use Wx::Demo;" I get the same perl.exe crash like in the OP, namely:

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So it seems that the problem is with: wxbase294u_gcc_custom.dll

Can anyone explain what that dll is about, and better yet, how to find the cause of the problem?