This does exactly what I want (aside from how system blocks on the child process): 
system( "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe", "--rc-host", "127
+.0.0.1:9999" );

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I've tried turning this into a Win32::Process::Create call: 
Win32::Process::Create( $p,
                        "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe",
                        "vlc --rc-host 127.0.0.1:9999",
                        0,
                        NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                        '.' ) or die;

Win32::Process::Create( $p,
                        "C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe",
                        "--rc-host 127.0.0.1:9999",
                        0,
                        NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                        '.' ) or die;

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Neither of which work. For the first one, VLC pops up a window saying it can't parse the command line. For the second, nothing happens at all (no error from perl, VLC doesn't seem to start).

In reply to Starting a process under Win32 by JStrom

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