I ran your code, and I am able to open the file in NT with no problems. I tried:
  1. Open Excel, open file from menu (and tool bar). OK
  2. Double-click on file in folder. OK
  3. Move file to desktop, double-click. OK
  4. Drag file onto Excel icon to open. OK

I'm running NT4 SP4 with Office 97, so I don't know how your specific setup differs. Since it seems to work for me, my best guess would be that somehow something's goofy with your Excel setup. I know that file associations and such get mangled at random. If you have more specific errors, maybe I can test some more.
Update: Somehow I missed the last two lines in your test script. Adding those lines makes goofy stuff happen. I get these errors:
retrying default method at D:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/OLE/Lite.pm line 156
+.
Can't call method "Add" on an undefined value at D:/Perl/site/lib/Exce
+l
36.
retrying default method at D:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/OLE/Lite.pm line 156
+.
retrying default method at D:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/OLE/Lite.pm line 156
+.

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Also, I get an Excel prompt asking if I would like to save "Book1". I've tried saying yes and no, but I get the same output - none. For some reason, neither .xls file is created.
If I have Excel running then run the script, both files are created and they're loaded right into Excel. Strange.

Guildenstern
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In reply to (Guildenstern) Re: Win32::OLE and Excel by Guildenstern
in thread Win32::OLE and Excel by nop

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