Are you sure you used exactly this syntax? No wonder the file doesn't exist:
perl -wE "say qq<C:\Users>" C:SERS
\U in double quotes uppercases the following letters up to \E or end of the string.
In reply to Re: Strawberry Perl on Windows 10 file test operators do not work as expected
by choroba
in thread Strawberry Perl on Windows 10 file test operators do not work as expected
by fireblood
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