First, although strawberry is in the software center and allowed to be installed, cpan is not working due to corporate policy Second, regarding INC @inc: 
C:/ProgramData/AppV/69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC/F2241D52-0D98
+-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779/Root/perl/site/lib
C:/ProgramData/AppV/69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC/F2241D52-0D98
+-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779/Root/perl/vendor/lib
C:/ProgramData/AppV/69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC/F2241D52-0D98
+-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779/Root/perl/lib

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Third, when running Makefile.PL I get the message 
Have \progra3\appv\69bae71\f2241d~1\root\perl\lib
Want \strprl40.501\perl\lib
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [lib]
Config says: [MSWin32-x64-multi-thread]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl
if you have problems building this extension.
Generating a gmake-style Makefile

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Nevertheless, for many modules this is not an issue and the module installs and is usable fine.

Fourth, for many (not just Win32 OLE as here) I get a weird install error:

gmake install 
"C:\ProgramData\AppV\69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC\F2241D52-0D9
+8-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779\root\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Command:
+:MM -e cp_nonempty -- OLE.bs blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.bs 644
Files found in blib\arch: installing files in blib\lib into architectu
+re dependent library tree
Installing C:\Strprl40.501\perl\site\lib\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.xs.dll
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!
ERROR: Cannot copy 'blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.xs.dll' to 'C:\Strprl
+40.501\perl\site\lib\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.xs.dll': No such file or dire
+ctory
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!
at -e line 1.
gmake: *** [makefile:737: pure_site_install] Error 2

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Now I do not understand why the copy fails

 dir blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE

results in: 

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F2DC-59D5

Directory of c:\Users\alexspy\FAILEDINSTALL\Win32-OLE-0.1713\blib\arch
+\auto\Win32\OLE

06/06/2025 16:32
.
06/06/2025 16:31 ..
06/06/2025 16:31 0 .exists
06/06/2025 16:32 110,592 OLE.xs.dll
2 File(s) 110,592 bytes
2 Dir(s) 164,110,532,608 bytes free

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So the dll is there. Maybe the target directory is the problem?

dir C:\Strprl40.501\perl\site\lib\auto\Win32\OLE
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is F2DC-59D5

Directory of C:\Strprl40.501\perl\site\lib\auto\Win32\OLE

06/06/2025 16:33
.
06/06/2025 16:33 ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 164,110,528,512 bytes free

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No, looks fine What if I manually copy the dll?

c:\Users\alexspy\FAILEDINSTALL\Win32-OLE-0.1713>copy c:\Users\alexspy\
+FAILEDINSTALL\Win32-OLE-0.1713\blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.xs.dll C:
+\Strprl40.501\perl\site\lib\auto\Win32\OLE
The system cannot find the path specified.
0 file(s) copied.

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Does this make sense?? For completeness, here are the steps before the gmake that fails

Win32-OLE-0.1713>perl Makefile.PL
Have \progra3\appv\69bae71\f2241d~1\root\perl\lib
Want \strprl40.501\perl\lib
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [lib]
Config says: [MSWin32-x64-multi-thread]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl
if you have problems building this extension.
Generating a gmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Win32::OLE
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json

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.... \Win32-OLE-0.1713>gmake
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\TPJ.pod (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\TypeInfo.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\Const.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\NEWS.pod (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\Lite.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\OLE.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\Variant.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\NLS.pm (unchanged)
Skip blib\lib\Win32\OLE\Enum.pm (unchanged)
Running Mkbootstrap for OLE ()
"C:\ProgramData\AppV\69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC\F2241D52-0D9
+8-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779\root\perl\bin\perl.exe"
-MExtUtils::Command -e chmod -- 644 "OLE.bs"
"C:\ProgramData\AppV\69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC\F2241D52-0D9
+8-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779\root\perl\bin\perl.exe"
-MExtUtils::Command::MM -e cp_nonempty -- OLE.bs
blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.bs 644
gcc -c -std=c99 -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DMULTIPLICITY
-DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv
-fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -Os -falign-functions -falign-jump
+s
-falign-labels -falign-loops -freorder-blocks
-freorder-blocks-algorithm=stc -freorder-blocks-and-partition
-DVERSION="0.1713" -DXS_VERSION="0.1713"
"-IC:\Strprl40.501\perl\lib\CORE" OLE.cpp
cc1plus.exe: warning: command-line option '-std=c99' is valid for C/Ob
+jC
but not for C++
g++ OLE.def -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.xs.dll -shared -s
-L"C:\Strprl40.501\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\Strprl40.501\c\lib"
-L"C:\Strprl40.501\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib"
-L"C:\Strprl40.501\c\lib\gcc\x86_64-w64-mingw32\13.2.0" OLE.o
"C:\Strprl40.501\perl\lib\CORE\libperl540.a" -lmoldname -lkernel32
-luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32
-loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32
-lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base
"C:\ProgramData\AppV\69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC\F2241D52-0D9
+8-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779\root\perl\bin\perl.exe"
-MExtUtils::Command -e chmod -- 755 blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.xs.dl
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and

\Win32-OLE-0.1713>gmake test
"C:\ProgramData\AppV\69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC\F2241D52-0D9
+8-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779\root\perl\bin\perl.exe" -MExtUtils::Command:
+:MM -e cp_nonempty -- OLE.bs blib\arch\auto\Win32\OLE\OLE.bs 644
"C:\ProgramData\AppV\69BAE760-7169-4C2A-B9C9-F1E18DDC5EAC\F2241D52-0D9
+8-449E-B93D-6ABC6A7CB779\root\perl\bin\perl.exe" "-MExtUtils::Command
+::MM" "-MTest::Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_ha
+rness(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
t/1_nls.t ....... ok
t/2_variant.t ... ok
t/3_ole.t ....... 43/58 Win32::OLE(0.1713) error 0x80080005: "Server e
+xecution failed" at t/3_ole.t line 521.
        eval {...} called at t/3_ole.t line 521
Win32::OLE->QueryObjectType: object is not a Win32::OLE object at t/3_
+ole.t line 522.
t/3_ole.t ....... Failed 1/58 subtests
        (less 2 skipped subtests: 55 okay)
t/4_compat.t .... ok
t/5_unicode.t ... skipped: Unicode::String module not installed
t/6_event.t ..... ok
t/7_overload.t .. ok

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/3_ole.t     (Wstat: 0 Tests: 58 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  48
Files=7, Tests=112, 203 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr +  0.30 sys =  0.33 
+CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/7 test programs. 1/112 subtests failed.
gmake: *** [makefile:971: test_dynamic] Error 255

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Last, Tk is another modules that has an issue and gives errors. I see there is a patch, but I think this only works via cpan. Do we have a Tk modules that can be built via Makefile/gmake?

In reply to Strawberry perl issue with module installation (non-CPAN) by spiral

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