Starting Strawberry in Win7

LloydRice has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I previously asked about file associations in Win8 using ActiveState. That one was solved.

Now it's back again. This is Win 7 Pro with Strawberry. A simple test script "test.pl" is one print statement.

print "This is a test\n";
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assoc .pl
.pl=Perl_program_file
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ftype Perl_program_file
Perl_program_file="\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %*
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Issuing the command

test
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Causes a window to pop up saying

Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file.
You may not have the appropriate permissions to access them.
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I made sure all files had read/write permissions, including \strawberry. I tried running this from a DOS Box with and without admin privileges. That made no difference. I've had no problems with Win 7 Home Premium. This is my first time with Pro.

Also, I should note that ...

\strawberry\perl\bin\perl test.pl
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works just fine.

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Re: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 17, 2014 at 07:21 UTC
Maybe the drive letter is missing in the "full" path? لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 17, 2014 at 11:04 UTC
Your path is invalid, you don't specify a drive. See also Re: How to run a perl program from the Windows CMD?.	[reply]
Re^2: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by adefaria (Beadle) on Aug 17, 2014 at 15:25 UTC
It's perfectly valid to not specify the drive letter. \path\to\exe works just find, unless of course you happen to be on another drive than the one where \path\to\exe resides.	[reply]
Re^3: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2014 at 10:20 UTC
Wrong, wrong and wrong. Re^2: Starting Strawberry in Win7.	[reply]
Re^4: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2014 at 10:57 UTC
Re: Starting Strawberry in Win7 (PATHEXT) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 17, 2014 at 13:36 UTC
What output do you get from: `C:\test>set PATHEXT PATHEXT=.pl;.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;` [download] With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by NetWallah (Canon) on Aug 17, 2014 at 18:20 UTC
Also, check your Default Programs as advised in this node of Win7, ASSOCiation , and @ARGV. That thread details struggles with .pl association, and the way the OP fixed it. "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." - Robin Williams	[reply]
Re^2: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by LloydRice (Beadle) on Aug 17, 2014 at 18:55 UTC
With apologies to adefaria, it seems the drive letter IS required. Adding "C:" in front of the ftype string fixed it. choroba and marto, keep on truckin'. And thanks. And I should have included in my original question that I did have PATHEXT set up correctly. So, in reply to Laurent R, "test.pl" gave the same response as "test", both raised the "Windows cannot access..." popup, and then replied with "Access is denied", whether with admin privileges, or not. In reply to BrowserUK, I put the ".pl" farther down the string (just before ".BAT") instead of at the beginning, as in your note and as suggested in the "help ftype" printout. Apparently, order does not matter there. Many thanks to all. and to the Monks for a great site. Actually, there is one other note -- of Perl interest -- rather than Windows. I find it interesting that Strawberry set an appropriate ASSOC entry, but did not set anything in FTYPE. Is there a good reason for that?	[reply]
Re^3: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by Laurent_R (Canon) on Aug 17, 2014 at 19:17 UTC
So, in reply to Laurent R, "test.pl" gave the same response as "test", both raised the "Windows cannot access..." popup, and then replied with "Access is denied", whether with admin privileges, or not. Maybe you still have the error, because there may be some other problems, but even if I use Perl under Windows only about 3 or 4 times per year (and am thus really not a specialist for that particular platform), I very much doubt that issuing the `test` command at the command prompt will launch the `test.pl` perl program.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 17, 2014 at 20:32 UTC
Re^5: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by Laurent_R (Canon) on Aug 17, 2014 at 20:45 UTC
Some notes below your chosen depth have not been shown here
Re: Starting Strawberry in Win7 by Laurent_R (Canon) on Aug 17, 2014 at 09:01 UTC
Did you try to issue the following command: `C:\Users\you>test.pl` [download] i.e. using the full name of your test script (without dropping the extension)?	[reply] [d/l]