in reply to Invoke multiple applications

One of the many ways to do this in Windows is using START, a program that... starts programs.

system start => $_ for @exethingies;
(Note that start => $_ is just fancy syntax for 'start', $_.

Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }