diff --git a/Modules/FindHhc.cmake b/Modules/FindHhc.cmake
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+# 
+# this module looks for Microsoft HTML Help Compiler
+#
+
+FIND_PROGRAM(HHC
+  hhc
+  "C:/Program Files/HTML Help Workshop" 
+  "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\HTML Help Workshop;InstallDir]"
+)
diff --git a/Modules/FindPerl.cmake b/Modules/FindPerl.cmake
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+# 
+# this module looks for Perl
+#
+
+FIND_PROGRAM(PERL
+  perl
+  "C:/Perl/bin" 
+  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\ActiveState\\ActivePerl\\628]/bin
+)