OK, newbie problem, and it's prolly something simple I've overlooked, but I can't seem to get cgi scripts to execute from the browser -- it always tries to download them. (ActivePerl 5.6.1.631, Apache 1.3.22, WinMe)

command line works fine; the script alias to cgi-bin is working since it finds the file to download it; if I deliberately muddle the shebang line I get a 500 error, so it seems apache is _trying_ to execute the script, and something is going wrong when it actually calls perl.exe.

I have tried it both with and without AddType and AddHandler (though I think I shouldn't need them since I'm working in the script-aliased cgi-bin?); I have tried using other directories (with AddType, AddHandler, and Options ExecCGI); I have tried the reg edit from this answer in the q&a section (which I think is really just for the MS-PWS, not apache?), all to no avail.

Any help will be most appreciated, I'm at wits end!

In reply to ActivePerl / Apache / WinMe config problem by Anonymous Monk

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