This seems as if it will solve my problem. If I have installed modules on Windows I can certainly overcome CPAN install obstacles.

A straight directory by directory copy doesnt work so well.

FYI Here is the result of running CPAN following the copy operation

z:\Perl>cpan
Perl lib version (v5.8.8) doesn't match executable version (v5.10.0) at Z:/Perlib/Config.pm line 46.
Compilation failed in require at Z:/Perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Z:/Perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at Z:\Perl\bin/cpan line 172.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Z:\Perl\bin/cpan line 172.

Here is when running perl:
Perl lib version (v5.8.8) doesn't match executable version (v5.10.0) at Z:/Perllib/Config.pm line 46.
Compilation failed in require at Z:/Perl/lib/Time/Local.pm line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Z:/Perl/lib/Time/Local.pm line 5.
Compilation failed in require at Z:/Perl/lib/HTTP/Date.pm line 12.
Compilation failed in require at Z:/Perl/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm line 14.
...yadda yadda yadda...

I am going to restore back up and try several routes using autobundle. Again my thanks.

In reply to Re^4: How to move 3 years of modules to my new XP box? by dmizz
in thread How to move 3 years of modules to my new XP box? by dmizz

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