in reply to Re^4: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu is not an internal or external command,operable program or batch file
in thread C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu is not an internal or external command,operable program or batch file

Append .lnk to the filename? Try 

my $winziplink = 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\WinZip.l
+nk';
system $winziplink ;

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See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_shortcut#Microsoft_Windows, sh/system/exec, Win32::ShellQuote

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Re^6: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu is not an internal or external command,operable program or batch file
by ankit.tayal560 (Beadle) on Aug 29, 2016 at 11:08 UTC

    works (y) thanks!

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