Error generated in an EXE created using PP command

pankaj_it09 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I ran an EXE created using the PP command as below and it generated an error on Windows 2000 only:

C:\pisech>extractData -input=C:\

Unrecognized character \x05 in column 18 at C:/Perl/lib/Archive/Zip/Zi
+pFileMember.pm line 40.

Compilation failed in require at C:/Perl/lib/Archive/Zip.pm line 269.

Compilation failed in require at -e line 359.
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The EXE ran on all the machines except Windows 2000.

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Re: Error generated in an EXE created using PP command by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 22, 2009 at 11:42 UTC
Perhaps an explanation of what your app actually does, which version of Perl and pp, Archive::Zip you used would help. Have you checked the Changes or open bugs? Failing that cut your app down to a minimum example which has this problem when packaged then post the code for people to see.	[reply]
Re: Error generated in an EXE created using PP command by Anonymous Monk on Dec 22, 2009 at 17:54 UTC
pankaj_it09 this is your 86th writeup, what trouble are you having searching for error messages? splain `$ echo Unrecognized character \x05 in column 18 at C:/Perl/lib/Archive +/Zip/ZipFileMember.pm line 40. \|splain Unrecognized character \x05 in column 18 at C:/Perl/lib/Archive/Zip/ZipFileMember.pm line 40. (#1) (F) The Perl parser has no idea what to do with the specified char +acter in your Perl script (or eval) at the specified column. Perhaps yo +u tried to run a compressed script, a binary program, or a directory as a +Perl program.` [download] Which version of Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember do you have and why is it corrupted?	[reply] [d/l]