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in reply to Re^3: Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file
in thread Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file

Which is the same problem in the other thread which is unsolved. Perhaps use Win32::Process::List to get the process id to kill and then do Win32::Process::Open on that PID, and kill it that way.