On Win32 fork() doesn't do a true fork. Check the PID it returns, its negative. It creates a pseudo-process in the same address space as the original process. The process can't be detached from the original process. This may be causing your problem, if the same script works on Unix.

Try using Win32::Process instead of fork to create a new process. 
Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,
                       "D:\\winnt35\\system32\\notepad.exe",
                       "notepad temp.txt",
                       0,
                       DETACHED_PROCESS,
                       ".")|| die Win32::GetLastError();

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- Tom

In reply to Re: CGI real time update on Window/Apache problem by tcf22
in thread CGI real time update on Window/Apache problem by c24chan

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