in reply to Re: Strange problem with Windows 7 command line and perl
in thread Strange problem with Windows 7 command line and perl

Using the "Name" give by your association: 
>assoc .pl
.pl=Perl_program_file

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Check your registry by running : 
>reg query "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl_program_file\shell\Execute Perl Pro
+gram\command"

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Mine shows: 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl_program_file\shell\Execute Perl Program\command
    (Default)    REG_SZ    C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe "%1" %*

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This will locate the perl binary that ran your ".pl" script.

After that, you need to make sure it is in the PATH.

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