set PATH=C:\location\of_your\perl32\bin;%PATH%
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sorry for the delay, now having distance to the matter, it's all more clear, and your command helped changing the priority. Thanks!!

Your path likely has this 64bit path with higher precidence, see the windows where command. Consider running the full path to the 32bit version of cpan or consider finding a better solution for managing multiple perls/architectures for your environment.

Update: for reference berrybrew.

Hello amitsq,

You mean that you have Perl32 bit and Perl64bit on the same directory installed? What does get printed when you run perl -v and which perl?

Update: If you are running WindowsOS run where perl instead of which.

Sample of my local box:

$ perl -v

This is perl 5, version 24, subversion 1 (v5.24.1) built for x86_64-li
+nux
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2017, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.

$ which perl
/home/user/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.24.1/bin/perl
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Hope this helps, BR.

i have perl 32 installed in directory perl32 and perl 64 bit version in directory perl64. Now i am in directory perl32:

 perl -v 
This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 3(v5.16.30) built for MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread ..
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the commands "where perl" and "set PATH .." cause errors

1) where perl:

 Where-Object : Cannot bind parameter 'FilterScript'. Cannot convert the "SizeMB" value of type "System.String" to type System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock"."

2) set path :

CommandNotFoundException
%PATH% got not recognized as Name of Cmdlet, Function, Script file or 
+Program
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