If nothing else gets accomplished by this posting, maybe someone who is about to do what did will read it and be warned to NOT DO THAT.

My recommendation to anyone installing Strawberry Perl is to select the MSI version in preference to the "zips" ONLY if you have a clearly understood reason for doing so.
Otherwise install the "Portable zip" or (if you have an interest in PDL) the larger "PDL zip".

I actually can't think of a good reason to install the MSI version - but I'm not (quite) so arrogant as to assume that such a "good reason" does not exist.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Nooo!... Have I trashed my Strawberry? by syphilis
in thread Nooo!... Have I trashed my Strawberry? by Intrepid

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