Re^2: Perl exe as a service, stuck on starting

I first replaced the Registry.pm (./perl/site/lib/Win32/ on my installation) from the installed module Win32::Registry by the one found here: http://jenda.krynicky.cz/#Win32::Registry2. This Registry.pm package contains the HKLM definition (amongst with other changes). I had also to change the version as it was expecting the one from the original Win32::Registry (you'll see that error and the expected version if you do not change anything). There should be a more "clean" way to replace this package, but at least what I did is working. This should solve your issue.

Then I'm using an older version of pp (1.014). This is because I wanted to change the exe icon, and with newer versions you can't.

Maybe not important for you, but with the installation of libraries I also have an issue with the "ar" command, which generates issues at compilation time (g++ issue message about ".a" files that are not recognized). I compiled the ".a" files with "ar" on another platform (Cygwin).

I'm using Strawberry Portable (v5.14.4) on Win10.

I hope that this will help you running your program. If not, just ask ;)

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Re^3: Perl exe as a service, stuck on starting by swl (Prior) on Feb 27, 2018 at 20:51 UTC
You can change the icon used by PAR::Packer, but you need to do it at the module build stage. See Re^2: Icon for pp on Strawberry for the steps.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl exe as a service, stuck on starting by Garden Dwarf (Beadle) on Feb 28, 2018 at 07:46 UTC
Thanks for the information, good to know but I won't use that method unless I really have to. I need to compile multiple applications with different icons, and that method is a bit tricky in my case.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl exe as a service, stuck on starting by swl (Prior) on Feb 28, 2018 at 08:55 UTC
Yes, it's less useful if you have multiple applications to pack. It does not take too long, though, and you could always have distinct versions of PAR::Packer in separate that get loaded using the PERL5LIB environment variable, or specify them in the respective build scripts. Probably a pain to update, but at least you get the more recent PAR::Packer which has several useful options such as for packing unicode (`--unicore`) and module sets (e.g. `-M List::`). There is also the process at http://www.zewaren.net/site/?q=node/116 which you might have some luck with.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Perl exe as a service, stuck on starting by dasgar (Priest) on Feb 28, 2018 at 16:32 UTC
An alternative that you could check out is salva's fairly new module Win32::Packer, which appears to let you specify an icon file to use. I haven't had a chance to try out the module myself, but I've been wanting to do so. Based on it's CPAN Testers results, it looks like you might have a challenge getting Win32::Packer to install with the portable Strawberry Perl version 5.14.4 that you say you are using.	[reply]