salutations, we checked the c:\perl\site\lib\auto\Image\Magick folder, and there was the Magick.dll file it was asking for. we also checked the C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.3.5-Q16 and copied its DLL files to the c:\perl\site\lib\auto\Image\Magick folder (as it was suggested somewhere), but it still didn't work. any ideas? salutations.