I use the ZIP file to install and just UNZIP into a directory - C:\Program Files\strawberry\strawberry_5.MJ.MN-MSWin32-x64-multithread.

The MJ and MN are the major, minor version numbers. This way I have all versions of Perl in one place and then use 'mklink' in a fancy script (see below) to map C:\strawberry to the version I want to use. It's basically PerlBrew for Strawberry on Windows.

By doing it this way, I never have to change my PATH, which just includes:

C:\strawberry\c\bin;C:\strawberry\perl\site\bin;C:\strawrry\perl\bin;
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Batch script for changing Perl versions 'plroot.bat':

@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set PLPERL=strawberry
set PLROOT=%SystemDrive%\!PLPERL!
set PLUSER=%USERPROFILE%\perl
set PLSTOR=%ProgramFiles%\!PLPERL!
REM set PLSTOR=%SystemDrive%

  REM
  REM Help
  REM
if {%1}=={/?} goto HELP
if {%1}=={--help} goto HELP

  REM
  REM Check args
  REM
if not {%2}=={} goto ERROR

REM -------------------------------------------------------
perl -v 2>nul>nul
if ERRORLEVEL 9009 goto ERROR_INSTALL

:NORMAL
if {%1}=={} (
    dir /al !PLROOT!* 2>nul | find "JUNCTION" > nul
    if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto INSTALL
    for /f "tokens=5,*" %%i in ('dir /al !PLROOT!* ^| find "JUNCTION"'
+) do @echo !PLROOT! %%j
    for /f "tokens=5,*" %%i in ('dir /al !PLUSER!* ^| find "JUNCTION"'
+) do @echo !PLUSER! %%j
    echo.
    perl -e "print \"$] \@ $^^X\n\""
    echo.
    echo Available:
    for /f "tokens=1,* delims=_" %%i in ('dir /b "!PLSTOR!\!PLPERL!_*"
+') do @if exist "!PLSTOR!\!PLPERL!_%%j\perl\bin\perl.exe" echo     %%
+j
) else (
    if exist "!PLSTOR!\!PLPERL!_%1\perl\bin\perl.exe" (
        if exist !PLROOT! rmdir !PLROOT!
        mklink /j !PLROOT! "!PLSTOR!\!PLPERL!_%1"

        if not exist %userprofile%\perl5\%1 (
            mkdir %userprofile%\perl5\%1
        )
        rmdir !PLUSER!
        mklink /j !PLUSER! !userprofile!\perl5\%1
        echo.
        perl -e "print \"$]  \@  $^^X\n\""
    ) else goto ERROR
)

goto END

:INSTALL
echo Installing...
pause
if not exist %PLROOT% goto ERROR_NOTFOUND

for /f %%i in ('perl -MConfig -e "print \"$Config{version}-$Config{arc
+hname}\""') do set PERLJUNCDIR=%%i
if not exist "%PLSTOR%" mkdir "%PLSTOR%"
move %PLROOT% "%PLSTOR%\%PLPERL%_%PERLJUNCDIR%"
call :NORMAL %PERLJUNCDIR%

goto END
REM -------------------------------------------------------

:ERROR
echo %0: Parameter format not correct
goto END

:ERROR_INSTALL
echo %0: Perl not installed
goto END

:ERROR_NOTFOUND
echo %0: Perl not found
goto END

:HELP
echo.
echo %0 manages different versions of Perl.
echo.
echo     USAGE:
echo.
echo     %0 ^<Perl_version_number^>
echo.
echo     Where ^<Perl_version_number^> is one of the following:
echo.
for /f "tokens=1,* delims=_" %%i in ('dir /b "!PLSTOR!\!PLPERL!_*"') d
+o @if exist "!PLSTOR!\!PLPERL!_%%j\perl\bin\perl.exe" echo     %%j
echo.

:END
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