If you launch the script with "x:\path\to\perl script.pl", then you don't need any "oddities that are normally set up by ActiveState's installer".

http://www.indigostar.com/ has a tool "perl2exe" that does all of this for you. I think you can have limited use of it for free. But I think you're better off showing people how to install a decent copy of Perl. When was the last time one Perl script was enough? (:

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")