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Thanks very much for posting this solution - you solved my problem as well!!!

I had tried Win32::Process::Create(), and saw mention of the DETACHED_PROCESS flag, but had not yet tried it and wasn't sure how to specify it (as which parameter).

I had spent a day or so trying different combinations of things trying to get this to work. If my child process was a Windows-type application, the parent exited. But if the child was a console-type application, the parent would wait for it. Upon specifying the DETACHED_PROCESS flag as in your example, the console-type application is now spawned and the parent exits.

Eric S.
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