Re^2: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install

Hi thanks for response..

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

print "Hello, World!\n";
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is my script..

perl> perl -v

just goes back to the command prompt.. I have right clicked on the cmd icon in the start menu, copied to desktop and set properties so am running the command as administrator. I have reinstalled the application 3 times.

I tried moving the file to an external drive..

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>cd..

C:\Windows>cd..

C:\>e:

E:\>perl>hello2.pl
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just hangs

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Re^3: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 29, 2012 at 22:58 UTC
If running "perl -v" "just goes back to the command prompt (without any error message from 'doze?) you have a problem that I can't grok at the moment. If cmd.exe didn't find perl it would be expected to spit out a complaint on the order of "`perl is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.`" But, OTOH, if cmd found perl and perl didn't respond to your request for version information, that would say Perl itself is broken. Yet that seems to be at odds with the "`Access denied`" message you reported earlier. So, without a clue, perhaps you'll answer the question above... and report what Win7 tells you when you enter "`path`" at the command prompt, and what distribution of Perl you've installed repeatedly (and whether you were careful about removing all traces of the previous version on each re-install). HTH ...but I'm not wildly optomistic :(	[reply]
Re^3: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install by thezip (Vicar) on Mar 30, 2012 at 01:16 UTC
Perhaps I misinterpreted what your command prompt looks like. If you're doing something like: `C:\ perl> perl -v` [download] ... then that's not even close to what I meant, and I'm quite sure I don't want to try it to see what happens. Here's what I meant for you to try, for whatever your command prompt is: `perl -v` [download] What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. - Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install by hugeness (Initiate) on Mar 30, 2012 at 02:01 UTC
ah, i see.. i was being stoopid Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\windows\system32>cd.. C:\Windows>cd.. C:\>perl -v This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for MSWin32-x +64-multi-t hread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2011, Larry Wall Binary build 1402 [295342] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSt +ate.com Built Oct 7 2011 15:19:36 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License + or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki +t. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found +on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to + the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa +ge. C:\> [download] yes, thanks, I am always a bit dim when it comes to startups, surprisingly once up and running I do OK.. just to reassure you. ;)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install by hugeness (Initiate) on Mar 30, 2012 at 02:08 UTC
So the issue for me was the way I was writing the paths. Oh dear. Thank you for the help, this has me up and running!	[reply]
Re^3: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install by Anonymous Monk on Mar 29, 2012 at 23:20 UTC
`E:\>perl>hello2.pl` You're overwriting hello2.pl You're supposed to type `perl hello2.pl` perl as in perl.exe or C:\perl\bin\perl.exe or c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe ... More on this in perlrun,Behind the GUI lives the Shell (enable javascript for images)	[reply] [d/l] [select]