> As well as looking at $!, you might also try looking at
> Win32::FormatMessage(Win32::GetLastError()), as that often gives much
> a better indication of the problem where windows processes are
> involved. (You have to 'use Win32;' to do that.)

You can use $^E instead of Win32::GetLastError().  It even magically
calls the equivalent of Win32::FormatMessage() on itself when you
use it in a string context, as in:

    print $^E;

Cheers,
-Jan


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