perl512.dll was not found

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

Hi Guys, I was basically trying to open IE. I was having a look around and stumble upon start and ShellExecute. But when I run the script. I see this error " This application has failed to start because perl512.dll was not found.Re-installing the application may fix this problem." I am not able to figure out why this error is thrown and what should I be doing to fix this.

use Win32::GUI;
ShellExecute( 'open' => "$ENV{ProgramFiles}\\Internet Explorer\\iexplo
+re.exe");
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Re: perl512.dll was not found by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 16, 2011 at 18:06 UTC
Does this script give that error: `1;` [download] If so, you're Perl is badly installed. If not, does this script give that error: `use Win32::GUI;` [download] If so, I suspect you are running a Perl version earlier than 5.12, but the Win32::GUI you have installed (or some module used by it) as compiled using Perl 5.12.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: perl512.dll was not found by papom (Initiate) on Feb 18, 2011 at 02:40 UTC
Thanks guys, My packages where getting installed in a different location. After I changed the selection in Areas tab it is working fine now.	[reply]
Re: perl512.dll was not found by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 16, 2011 at 17:52 UTC
Does Perl work at all? Does it work without trying to use `ShellExecute`? Also, I wasn't aware that Win32::GUI exports `ShellExecute`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]