note BrowserUk <blockquote><i> Well I still get the same error, yet I changed my path to: C:\strawberry\perl\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin; </i></blockquote> <p>You will, because when you modified your path, you threw away it original contents, part of which is the path to cmd.exe. <ol><li>Close your current cmd window. </li><li>Open a new one. </li><li>Type <c>path %path%c:\strawberry\perl\bin;</c> Enter. </li><li>Now try your perldoc command again. </li></ol> <P>What you should really do is <b>add</b> (not replace!) perl's path to your system path; then you would haven't to do it each time you start a new session. <P>I'm surprised that strawberry perl's installation doesn't do that for you. Or at least tell you how to do it. <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'</div> <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. <p align=right>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/29/sas_versus_world_programming/|The start of some sanity?]</p></div> </font> </div></div> 984937 984939