hi i also have same kind of problem... is there a way by which i can open a web page in default web browser of the system on which the script is being executed irrespective of platform??? i tried the win 32 code as given above #!/usr/bin/perl use Win32::Shell; Win32::Shell::Execute("open", "http://www.google.com", undef, undef +, "SW_SHOWNORMAL"); but i got the following error ... Cant locate win32/shell.pm in @INC(@INC contains:C:/perl/lib C:/perl/site/lib) at script.pl line 3. pls help!!!