Hi footpad
Try this - it should work
D/l the zip files from CPAN, e.g. App-Config-1.52.tar.gz
Unzip with WinZip, e.g. into H:\devperl
cd to H:\devperl\AppConfig-1.52

>perl  Makefile.PL
>nmake 
>nmake test
>nmake install
[download]

HTH
Rudif