Expand env variable (Perl)

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# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Windows Server Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;

# This code shows how to expand an environment variable.
$objShell = Win32::OLE->new('WScript.Shell');
print $objShell->ExpandEnvironmentStrings('%systemroot%\\notepad.exe'), "\n";

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