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in reply to Re: diruse is not recognized
in thread diruse is not recognized

I know this may be a bit redundant information, but to ensure you do not forget any backslash you can also write it with single slash which makes it a bit more readable. Windows can handle single slashes - at least since XP/2000.

my $dirUseResult =  qx(c:/windows/system32/diruse.exe);

Cheers!