C:\>F:\_Perl_\PMonks\1194689.pl 1969-05-10 C:\> And, the same popup as cited above with the following content: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: perl.exe Application Version: 5.24.0.2400 Application Timestamp: 578689b9 Fault Module Name: Piece.dll Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 57868a01 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00002398 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 0a9e Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789 Additional Information 3: 0a9e Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789