Changing where DynaLoader looks for dll files on strawberry perl

tmaly has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Here is some background on my problem. OS: XP Perl: strawberry perl 5.8.8. I do not have admin access to my windows machine so I am unable to install openssl for Crypt::SSLeay in the proper fashion such that the dll files are copied to the system directory. I cannot change the system variables such as path on windows.

I am however able to place the dll files and source in a folder such as C:\openssl. I make sure to have the proper include directory set as stated in http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=692574

I am manually installing Crypt::SSLeay from the commandline using perl Makefile.PL and dmake test. I set it to perform the live test as one of the options Makefile.PL asks if you want to do.

The SSLeay.dll is created without any problems. However upon testing I get
This application has failed to start because libeay32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem

I have tried going into the blib directory and adding a BEGIN { use DynaLoader; push @DynaLoader::dl_library_path,'C:\\openssl'; }
to SSLeay.pm Like in an example I found in node
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=603522

I am stuck with no other ideas, does anyone have any thoughts on how I could get this to work?

Best Regards
-Ty

Update:
Thank you all for your input. syphilis the set command did the trick
However, I am running into a different problem with the which compiler created the binaries of openssl that I am using, but that is not a perlmonks issue. But all is well on the build end of it.

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Re: Changing where DynaLoader looks for dll files on strawberry perl by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 23, 2008 at 00:38 UTC
This application has failed to start because libeay32.dll was not found `libeay32.dll` is one of the openssl dll's that you should have downloaded. You probably just need to add the location of libeay32.dll (C:\openssl) to the path: `set PATH=%PATH%;C:\openssl` [download] Then the tests should run ok. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Changing where DynaLoader looks for dll files on strawberry perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 22, 2008 at 22:39 UTC
Have you searched with Google? site:perlmonks.org libeay32.dll returns for me: Need a libeay32.dll https, Crypt::SSLeavy and perl packager combined together Please tell us if you've tried all the other solutions mentioned in those threads. For me, it has always been enough to copy the DLLs in question into the same directory where `perl.exe` lives, but you must have tried that already.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Changing where DynaLoader looks for dll files on strawberry perl by TGI (Parson) on Aug 25, 2008 at 16:40 UTC
syphilis is right. You can add the folder with the dll to your path. There are other ways as well. For more information, see this MSDN article on DLL search order. TGI says moo	[reply]
Re^2: Changing where DynaLoader looks for dll files on strawberry perl by Anonymous Monk on Aug 07, 2015 at 09:27 UTC
Hi, the "copy the dll to the perl.exe folder" solution does not seem to work on no portable Strawberry Perl 5.10.1.5.	[reply]