Microsoft KB Archive/164881

= PERL 5 May Cause a Dr. Watson Access Violation in Inetinfo.exe =

Article ID: 164881

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q164881



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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



SYMPTOMS
When you run a PERL 5 script, you may get the following Dr. Watson error message:

Exception Access Violation (0x00000005), address 0x77e77dc9.



CAUSE
You have three or more "%s" entries after the value .pl in the following key:

  Hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\W3Svc\ parameters\Script Map



WORKAROUND
You may use up to two "%s" entries after Perl.exe, as in .pl: REG_SZ: C:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s %s.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.

After you install PERL for WIN32, you will have to edit the registry to add the script map entries under the following key:

  Hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\W3Svc\ parameters\Script Map

The value is .pl: REG_SZ: C:\perl\bin\perl.exe %s.

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