title: ActivePerl. .pl files no longer execute but open in Notepad instead
body: <p>I have perl scripts which were running in Windows 7 just fine as of this morning.  I made the mistake of using NotePad as the default for opening/editng my .pl files.  Now, when I attempt to run the unedited .pl files from a DOS prompt, the script does not execute but opens the associated source code file in Windows Explorer.  This is the same for all my .pl files no matter the complexity (including classic "hello world".</p>
  
  <p>I have been researching changes need to the registry - it all looks fine.  Tried assoc and ftype changes - nothing.  Tried reinstalling ActivePerl - no solution.</p>