Try using c:\perl\bin\perl.exe makefile.pl and see if this runs if it does then you need to put perl.exe into your path and/or associate it in your registry. And doing that can be found in activestates documentation.

I believe your script isn't outputing this I think command.com is.

--BigJoe

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Young PerlMonk, craves Not these things.
Use the source Luke.