< img src=e:\pictures\pics1\DSC0001.JPG >
contains a local file path, not a URL, also, you need quotes. Something like
<img src="http://some.host/pictures/pics1/DSC0001.JSP"> or
<img src="/pictures/pics1/DSC0001.JSP"> (if the image is on the same host as the referencing page) will probably work.
>> none of this has anything to do with perl.
Well I agree with you, however, it's perl scripts that are accessing the files... I was wondering if it was something with my script, IIS, or the virtual directory/.
thanks for the response