I'm guessing (and this is a pretty good guess) that you can't share a Win32::OLE object. Try creating it in sub Process_path. Also, read the Win32::OLE documentation and look for the word "thread".

BTW, you got a stray AUTOLOAD; up top.

update: I just noticed that you're not actually sharing $fso, but are hoping that somehow automagically $fso and all it's underlying structures will get copied -- it doesn't work like that (especially for XS stuff).

update: http://listserv.activestate.com/pipermail/perl-win32-users/2002-September/023498.html

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