Re: can't run perl commands from command line



josephweiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a 'user variable for administrator' variable named 'PATH' and
> this is the value
>
> ?·øwÿÿÿÿò|ôw³sôwósôw?
>
>
> That's right, gibberish
>
> Then below that under system variables, I have a variable named 'Path'
> that has
>
> C:\Perl\bin\;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRA~1\CA\SHARED~1\SCANEN~1
>
> for the value.
>
> I'm still lost. Thanks

And running "perl" from the command line still doesn't work? Hmm...
try changing your 'PATH' environment variable under user variables to
"C:\Perl\bin'. I don't think the gibberish is essential to your system
so you can get rid of it.

.

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