Thanks for ignoring the instructions for formatting your post correctly ;)

I assume you copied and pasted your script from here? If, as you claim, the perl script works fine then this is probably a Perl2Exe bug. Searching google may find similar problems, and possible explanations. I use pp to package apps to executables, and never have such issues.

Prior to posting in future please read and understand How do I post a question effectively? and Writeup Formatting Tips.