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Thanks, BrowserUK.

I used the .ZIP

And you're right:

C:\Perl64\bin>perl -le" print for @INC"
C:/Perl64/site/lib
C:/Perl64/lib
.

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Thanks for your patience. And this thread may have worn out that patience, so I'll understand if this has bored you past the limit

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Re^9: Flummoxed by strict.pm
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 08, 2010 at 02:32 UTC

    Did you run the reloc_perl command after you unzipped? (Not sure if it would make a difference, but worth at least asking.)

    At this point, it's not my patience that has run out, just my ideas.

    The best I can suggest is that you blow away your current installation and get the .msi version. It's the one I always use and I've never encountered your problem. Doesn't mean it would fix it for you, but...

    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      Thanks, BrowserUK

      I just get:

      The frompath defaults to 'C:\Perl64'.
Run 'perldoc reloc_perl' for further information.

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      But thanks. I'll the the .mis. This will turn out to be something simple, I think, that I have missed.

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Re^9: Flummoxed by strict.pm
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 08, 2010 at 05:48 UTC

    When you launch Perl via the .pl association, @INC contains only ".". When you launch Perl via the PATH, it contains the three items it should. You appear to have two Perls installed.

    What do you get from 

    >assoc .pl
.pl=Perl

>ftype Perl
Perl="C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %*

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    (Replace "Perl" in the second command with what's right of the "=" in the output of the first.)

    If you don't get the same output, you can fix it using 

    ftype Perl="C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %*

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    (Again, replace "Perl" with the appropriate value.)

    Update: Cleanup. Added fix.

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      Thanks ikegami for providing some insight

      This is what I got:

      C:\>assoc .pl
File association not found for extension .pl

C:\>.pl=Perl
'.pl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>assoc .pl=Perl
Access is denied.
Error occurred while processing: .pl.

C:\>ftype Perl
File type 'Perl' not found or no open command associated with it.

C:\>ftype Perl="C:\Perl64\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %*
File type 'Perl' not found or no open command associated with it.

C:\>cd..

C:\>cd perl64

C:\Perl64>cd bin

C:\Perl64\bin>assoc .pl
File association not found for extension .pl

C:\Perl64\bin>

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      I am probably misinterpreting what you're asking me to do. But thanks for your interest and patience

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        What? As far as I know, the following would indicate that your Windows doesn't know how to execute .pl files: 
        C:\>assoc .pl
File association not found for extension .pl

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        But you showed it executing a .pl right here: 

        C:\Perl64\bin>entities_99.pl
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: .) at C:\Perl64\bin\ent
+ities_99.pl line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Perl64\bin\entities_99.pl line
+ 2.

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        Is that actually what you typed? I noticed you just typed "en" later on. What's "en"?
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