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A variation on the theme, using Look-Around Assertions:

#! perl use v5.12; say s! ( ?<= \\ install ) _ .+? ( ?= \\ ) !!rx for 'D:\ostore_7.3.0_tfix_bld\install_temp\OStore\bin\os_coll.adb' +, 'D:\ostore_7.3.0_tfix_bld\install_patch\osji\lib\osjiload.ldb' +;

Output:

D:\ostore_7.3.0_tfix_bld\install\OStore\bin\os_coll.adb D:\ostore_7.3.0_tfix_bld\install\osji\lib\osjiload.ldb

Hope that helps,

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