Hmm, this is a Windows question rather than a Perl question. Essentially, if you type: 
C:\>perl foo.pl

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Perl will look in the current directory. But this is not Perl deciding that, but Windows. It is Windows that is looking for the files you are using, just as if you type: 
C:\>copy foo.pl bar.pl

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the copy program will look in the current directory for the foo.pl program to make another copy of it under another name.

But you can set up various things under Windows to change or improve that behavior to a certain extent.

In reply to Re: Where does perl looks for perl skripts [Answered] by Laurent_R
in thread Where does perl looks for perl skripts [Answered] by BluePerl

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