It sounds like there is a problem with your file association. Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and go to Perl-->Shell-->Open-->Command.
The (Default) entry should probably read: "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Kasak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:20 PM To: Timothy Johnson; Perl Beginners Subject: Re: Script's command-line options under Windows Timothy Johnson wrote: > One more question. Does it work if you do it like this? > > perl script_name.pl argument > Yes, actually! Strange ... very strange. Thanks :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>