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polypompholyx
<p>In answer to the first question, you could use <code>cmd</code>'s <code>start</code> utility...</p>
<p>
<code>
use strict;
use Tk;
my $mw = MainWindow->new();
$mw->Button(
-text => 'Start Word',
-command => sub { system 'start WINWORD.EXE' },
)->pack;
MainLoop();
</code>
</p>
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