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in thread Command prompt q.

Thanks. Yes, I've now got the DOS window with the prompt you mention. So that resolves the issue I was faced with.

However, when entering  perl -v I get the message  perl  is not recognised ..., so I guess I have not installed it correctly.

Will retry installation and get back if still having difficulty.

Must sign off for the night now (Hong Kong time)

Thanks.

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Re^3: Command prompt q.
by rovf (Priest) on Jun 04, 2012 at 15:12 UTC
    However, when entering perl -v I get the message perl is not recognised ... , so I guess I have not installed it correctly.
    Not necessarily. It just means that inside *that* shell where you had tried the command, it's not in the PATH. What happens if you use the absolute path to perl.exe? I guess you *know* where you had it installed to?

    -- 
    Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>
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      Thanks for these comments.

      Now that I look more closely at the command prompt window, I see that it shows the path "C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" (at the top border of the window frame)

      Whereas i am running 64-bit Windows, and the Active Perl is the 64-bit version

      So i need to somehow change the path name. How do I do that, pls?

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        Try typing C:\perl64\bin\perl -v at the prompt
        poj
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