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Hi, the most correct way to get the "ProgramFiles" Folder would be

to use Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER), where FOLDER is the constant CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES.

And yes, it is true that Administrator rights are necessary to write to this Folder, so you have to start your perl program "as Administrator".

A warning: If you try to write an Installation program using perl, don't do this!

Use some kind of open source Software like NSIS or WIX to create an Installation package.

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