use Win32::Process - It's standard with ActiveState Perl. e.g....

use Win32::Process;      my $Notepad;
Win32::Process::Create($Notepad,"D:\\winnt\\system32\\notepad.exe","no
+tepad test.txt",0,CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,".")|| die ErrorReport();
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$code or die
$ perldoc perldoc