some time ago I was suggested to have a different browser especially installed for mechanize things, so you dont run in the problem you encountered. Chromium is a valuable choice and keep it away from your PATH

In the program then..

my $url = 'perlmonks.org';

my $chromium_path = "C:/_CHROMIUM/Chrome-bin/chrome.exe"; 
my $chromium_arg = "--remote-debugging-port=9222";         # dont reme
+mber if needed, but useful to know :)

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my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Chrome->new(
    mute_audio => 1,
    autoclose => 0,
    incognito => 0,
    launch_exe    => $chromium_path,
);
$mech->get( $url );
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