http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=113211

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

I'm using ActivePerl on Windows 2000. Code like system("myCApplication.exe param1 param2"); works fine when I run it at the command line. However, when this code is run by a Windows service, it fails to call myCApplication. I know that path is not the problem since I have tried hardcoding it. Do I have to open a command sheel in order to do this?