I am still on PDK3, and the way I think you can get around this is:

Use Win32's system() command like this:
  sytem("start notepad");

I look forward to upgrading to PDK4, when the new perl 5.6.x is out.

thanks

From before:
> >But this becomes a problem when you want to start a GUI application: the 
> >new
> >application doesn't display anything and is inaccessible via the task 
> >list.
> >Just try
> >
> >     sytem("notepad");
> >or
> >     system("date");
> >
> >some time from a program "compiled" with PerlApp from PDK 2.x or 3.x.  You
> >just end up with a hung process.



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