File Type .pl Association and Using cmd.exe to Run the Script

Question

I've made a new file type .pl (Explorer->Tools->Folder Options...->File Types). Now I wanted to make a new Action which will call cmd.exe and automatically run PERL script.I don't know what to write under "Applications used to perform action" ,I have to pass cmd.exe certain arguments but I don't know which. Form of arguments should ,I suppose, be:[cmd.exe] < file location > perl < file name >

Answer 1

To permanently associate *.pl with perl.exe , at a command prompt type the following.

assoc .pl=PerlScript
ftype PerlScript=c:\perl\bin\perl.exe %1 %*

Note that you could also associate *.pl with wperl.exe , which will run the script without a visible command window. wperl.exe is part of the ActiveState perl distribution .

Answer 2

Application used to perform actions:

"c:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe" "%1" %*

assuming "c:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe" is the correct file spec of your Perl executable.