ans: yes - i would dare say, you could run this via shortcut on any win32 system - (i can run it on winXp). What you need...
1) create the shortcut. I simply right-click/send to desktop (create shortcut) or you can use the methods others have stated.
2) ensure that the sys has perl (i use ActivePerl)
3) associate it w/the perl-interpreter. Windows associates programs not by #! lines, but simply by theut extension. If you're rec'ving a notepad/text version, instead of it being executing, it's because the file-extension is associated w/that program (NOTEPAD).
go into CONTROL PANEL -> FOLDER OPTIONS -> FILE TYPES and look for the extension .pl or .cgi (etc). Delete it.
go back and double-click on it - you should rec'v the "OPEN WITH...?" prompt. From there browse thru your folders until you find your perl.exe ("perl command line interpreter") and select that.
Next time it runs, it should execute the perl script via that.
The ugly black box may quickly pop real brief - but whatever the results of the script (add file / delete file... etc) will be executed -> without your friend worrying about typing commands.