{ files => "\\alans\\dummy.txt"  }, # in another dir

Windows Explorer's zip browser does not handle absolute paths (or relative paths with .., or at least those outside the current directory IIRC). However, relative paths under the current directory are fine. So, you can, for example:

use Cwd qw/getcwd abs_path/;

my $orig_path = abs_path(getcwd);
chdir '\\';
$zip->addFile('alans\dummy.txt');
$zip->addFile($orig_path . '\perlzip.pl');
$zip->writeToFileNamed($orig_path . '\MyZip.zip');
chdir $orig_dir;

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In reply to Re: Archive::Zip problem with Windows Explorer by rjt
in thread Archive::Zip problem with Windows Explorer by anadem

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