On 4/4/06, Christopher H. Laco <claco at chrislaco.com> wrote: > C:\perl -MCPAN -e 'shell' > > just takes be back to: > > C:\ This may sound stupid but, have you tried: perl -MCPAN -e "shell" Note the double quotes. Single quotes don't work on cmd.exe. -Nilson Santos F. Jr.