| I've tried both using the backtick and the 'system' call, | neither work. | I have also tried using Win32::Process, again, with no luck.
I suspected it to be the installer, so I just tried this: print "->\n"; `C:\\Setups\\Develop\\Perl\\Win32\\ActivePython-2.0.0.202.msi`; print "<-\n"; and it worked just fine. Installer pops up, initializes, lets me install (or abort, for that matter) and then perl comes back from the backtick, ready to launch the next install. The difference must therefore be the OS or the installer ... I'm using w2k pro (US english). I have access to almost anything else (95a/b,98fe/se,NT4SP1..5), including a bunch of foreign languages ... what is it you're so successful in failing with?
