I have multiple Strawberry Perls on Windows 7 x64. I installed the first one and then I just grab the ZIP files for the others and unzip them. I moved them all to a "\Program Files\Strawberry\" directory.

Then, I use a batch file to manage the different versions by creating a link from "C:\strawberry" to the version I want to use. This way, I never have to change my %PATH% and everything just works. It's my version of perlbrew for Windows.

See Re: Strawberry Perl, from 5.18 to 5.22

Example in action:

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> dir c:\straw*
 Directory of c:\

08/06/2015  11:41 PM    <JUNCTION>     strawberry [C:\Program Files\st
+rawberry\strawberry_5.18.1-MSWin32-x64-multi-thread]

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> dir "c:\Program Files\strawberry"
 Directory of c:\Program Files\strawberry

12/20/2013  11:52 AM    <DIR>          strawberry_5.18.1-MSWin32-x64-m
+ulti-thread
06/13/2014  08:20 PM    <DIR>          strawberry_5.18.1-MSWin32-x86-m
+ulti-thread-64int
10/26/2012  12:14 PM    <DIR>          strawberry_5.8.8-MSWin32-x86-mu
+lti-thread

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> plroot.bat
C:\strawberry [C:\Program Files\strawberry\strawberry_5.18.1-MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread]
C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\perl [C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\perl5\5.18.1-MSWin32
+-x64-multi-thread]

5.018001 @ C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe

Available:
    5.18.1-MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
    5.18.1-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int
    5.8.8-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> plroot.bat 5.8.8-MSWin32-x86-multi
+-thread
Junction created for C:\strawberry <<===>> C:\Program Files\strawberry
+\strawberry_5.8.8-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
Junction created for C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\perl <<===>> C:\Users\VinsW
+orldcom\perl5\5.8.8-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

5.008008  @  C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
[...]

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> plroot.bat 5.18.1-MSWin32-x64-mult
+i-thread
Junction created for C:\strawberry <<===>> C:\Program Files\strawberry
+\strawberry_5.18.1-MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
Junction created for C:\Users\VinsWorldcom\perl <<===>> C:\Users\VinsW
+orldcom\perl5\5.18.1-MSWin32-x64-multi-thread

5.018001  @  C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe

VinsWorldcom@C:\Users\VinsWorldcom> perl -v

This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 1 (v5.18.1) built for MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread
[...]

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In reply to Re: Multiple strawberry Perl distribution organization problems and the hunt for Win32::SerialPort installation that works by VinsWorldcom
in thread Multiple strawberry Perl distribution organization problems and the hunt for Win32::SerialPort installation that works by Perl_question

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