There is the hassle of installing Gtk2 on windows. You might want to look at the Win32 modules for an alternative. See Statusbar icon "shell" to hide console window? and here is a script I have (I found it somewhere, maybe here). Untested:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

#The function name is defined as "Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon".
#You will need to be carefull about the order of your sub...
#Here a sample script to let's you see, just choose a nice win32 ico a
+nd
#name it god.ico in the same dir from where you will launch this scrip
+t:
#---------------

BEGIN{
use Win32::Console;
Win32::Console::Free();
}

use Win32::GUI;
use Tk;

$mw = MainWindow -> new;
$mw -> wm('geometry', '0x0+0+0');
$mw->overrideredirect(1);
&do_win32_stuff;
MainLoop;

#--------------------------------

sub do_win32_stuff{

$mw_win32 = new Win32::GUI::DialogBox(
-width   => 0,
-height  => 0,
-name    => 'MainWindow');

$icon = new Win32::GUI::Icon('god.ico');

new Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon(
$mw_win32,
-name => "Notify",
-id => 1,
-icon => $icon,
-tip => "I\'am in the Systray!");

$call = Win32::GUI::Dialog();

$mw_win32->Notify->Delete(-id => 1);

sub Notify_Click{
&my_menu;
}
}

#--------------------------------

sub my_menu{
$popup = $mw->Menu(Name => 'popupMenu', -tearoff => 0);
$popup->command(-label   => 'Number 1',-command => [\&do_label,1] );
$popup->command(-label   => 'Number 2',-command => [\&do_label,2]);
$popup->separator;
$popup->command(-label => 'Number 3', -command => [\&do_label,3]);
$popup->command(-label => 'Number 4', -command => [\&do_label,4]);
$popup->command(-label => 'Number 5', -command => [\&do_label,5]);
$popup->separator;
$popup->command(-label => 'Quit', -command => [ \&stop]);
$popup->Popup(-popover => 'cursor', -popanchor => 'nw');
}

#--------------------------------

sub stop{
exit;
}

#--------------------------------

sub do_label{
if(Exists($top)){
$label-> configure(-text => "I\'am $_[0]");
} else {
$top = $mw ->Toplevel;
$top->title(" Numbers");
$top->focus;
$label = $top->Label (-text => "I\'am $_[0]",
-relief => 'groove',
-width => '24')->pack;
}
}
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