use escape character '\' before special characters as

my $directory = "c\:\\Folders\\1Folder\\1aFolder";

and open directory should be closed after job complition.

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# c:\Folders\1Folder\1aFolder        
#   my $directory = "\\Folders\\1Folder\\1aFolder";
    my $directory = "c\:\\Folders\\1Folder\\1aFolder";
   print ("Folder: ", $directory, "\n");      
   opendir (DIR, $directory) or die $!;
         while (my $fldr = readdir(DIR)) 
         {
         print "Files & Folders: ", $fldr, "\n"; 
    }
closedir(DIR);

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o/p

c:\Folders\1Folder>perl read.pl
Folder: c:\Folders\1Folder\1aFolder
Files & Folders: .
Files & Folders: ..
Files & Folders: TEMP.PL

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In reply to Re: Windows folder access error by RAJESHWAR.MUKUND
in thread Windows folder access error by ArifS

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