I run it on Windows 2000.

Then you could use the Win32::Job module, standard with ActivePerl 5.8. For example:

use strict;
use Win32::Job;

my @cmds = (
  [ "netstat", 'netstat -na'                                      ],
  [ $^X,       'perl -le "print\"pid=$$:Sleep 5 secs.\";sleep 5"' ],
);

my $job = Win32::Job->new();
my @pids; my $i = 0;
for my $cmd (@cmds) {
  ++$i;
  my $pid = $job->spawn($cmd->[0], $cmd->[1],
  { stdin => 'NUL', stdout => "$i.out", stderr => "$i.err" } )
     or die "spawn: $^E";
  push(@pids, $pid);
}
print "Processes pids: @pids are running...\n";
$job->run(60);    # allow up to 60 seconds for all processes to end
print "Job complete (output in files 1.out/1.err/2.out/2.err).\n";
my $stat = $job->status();
for my $pid (@pids) {
  exists($stat->{$pid}) or die "oops, no status for $pid";
  my $rc = $stat->{$pid}->{exitcode};
  my $t  = $stat->{$pid}->{time};
  print "pid=$pid, rc=$rc, elapsed time=$t->{elapsed} secs\n";
}

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Update: Sorry, on re-reading your question, I don't think Win32::Jobs will help you. I suggest you simply launch the processes using Win32::Process (also standard with ActivePerl) and exit.

use strict;
use Win32::Process;
my $SysDir = "$ENV{SystemRoot}\\system32";
my @cmds = (
  [ "$SysDir\\netstat.exe", 'netstat -na'                         ],
  [ $^X,       'perl -le "print\"pid=$$:Sleep 5 secs.\";sleep 5"' ],
);
for my $cmd (@cmds) {
   Win32::Process::Create(my $hProc,              # process object
                          $cmd->[0],              # executable
                          $cmd->[1],              # command line
                          1,                      # inherit handles
                          NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,  # priority
                          '.')                    # working dir
      or die "error create process: $^E\n";
  my $pid = $hProc->GetProcessID();
  print "Process pid $pid launched.\n";
}
print "I'm outta here.\n";

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in thread launch and then exit out of app by Anonymous Monk

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