ok here take a look at all this info I got here and tell me whats up:

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menu.pl file:

c:\perl\bin

$menu_file = "menu.txt";

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
open(FILE,"$menu_file");
while(<FILE>) {
print $_;
}
exit;

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On the .shtml page:

<!--#exec cgi="menu.pl"-->

and I tried this:

<meta name="hideHeader" content=""

<!--#exec cgi="menu.pl"-->

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File permissions:

menu.pl:

Administrator -- RWXDPO
SYSTEM -- RWXDPO
IUSR_DEDI404 -- RX
NETWORK -- RX
NETWORK SERVICE -- RX
IUSR_******* -- RWX
Everyone -- RX

menu.txt:

Administrator -- RWXDPO
SYSTEM -- RWXDPO
IUSR_****** -- RX
Everyone -- R
NETWORK SERVICE -- R
NETWORK -- R
IUSR_DEDI404 -- R

btw.. It's getting "Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 2" on the .shtml page. The menu.pl, page.shtml and menu.txt are all in the same directory.

The error should mean file not found. So it's not finding your menu.pl. Make sure the paths are correct? I suggest you open a support ticket about this, at lease they have access to your account and can look at it for you.