Re: Starting up an external program with Win32::Process::Create fails for some, no others?

The first thing I would try is using the Windows-only asynchronous form of system:

system 1, $this->{mLink}->{'Path'};
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If that works, I'd stop there(*).

If not, then $^E may shed some light on the reason.

(*)Given that system calls the same underlying API, CreateProcess(), with the additional benefit of having been got right over many versions of Perl, I see no benefit in calling that API directly unless I need access to features not exposed through system.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

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Re^2: Starting up an external program with Win32::Process::Create fails for some, no others? by 1bru1 (Initiate) on Dec 23, 2011 at 04:04 UTC
Yes, that works! Thanks. I had been using system() before I discovered Create(), but I didn't know there was an async way to use it. I'm not sure why I can't get Create() to work. I've tried all kinds of permutations, including what BrowserUk suggested, but nothing happens. Any way, the system call is much simpler.	[reply]
Re^3: Starting up an external program with Win32::Process::Create fails for some, no others? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 23, 2011 at 04:14 UTC
Yes, that works! ... I've tried all kinds of permutations, including what BrowserUk suggested ... Erm. I am he. So ... ? :) With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]