I've done some searching and cannot find any cpan logs for Activestate Perl on my machine, but here's the last few lines of the install log when I did "cpan pp".

Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Set up gcc environment - gcc.exe (rubenvb-4.5.4) 4.5.4
cp lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm blib\lib\PAR\StrippedPARL\Base.pm
cp lib/PAR/Packer.pm blib\lib\PAR\Packer.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm blib\lib\PAR\Filter\PodStrip.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm blib\lib\PAR\Filter\Obfuscate.pm
cp lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm blib\lib\App\Packer\PAR.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter.pm blib\lib\PAR\Filter.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm blib\lib\PAR\Filter\PatchContent.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm blib\lib\PAR\Filter\Bytecode.pm
cp lib/pp.pm blib\lib\pp.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm blib\lib\PAR\Filter\Bleach.pm
C:\perl64\bin\perl.exe par_pl2c.pl my_par_pl < ..\script\par.pl > my_par_pl.c
C:\perl64\bin\perl.exe sha1.c.PL
C:\Perl64\site\bin\gcc.exe -c -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DWIN64 -D
CONSERVATIVE -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfi
elds  -I"C:\Perl64\lib\CORE"  -DPARL_EXE=\"parl.exe\" -O2 main.c
main.c: In function 'main':
main.c:121:23: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
windres -i winres/pp.rc -o ppresource.coff --input-format=rc --output-format=cof
f --target=pe-x86-64
'windres' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
dmake.exe:  Error code 129, while making 'ppresource.coff'
dmake.exe:  Error code 255, while making 'subdirs'
  RSCHUPP/PAR-Packer-1.028.tar.gz
  C:\Perl64\site\bin\dmake.exe -- NOT OK
CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.41)
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

C:\Perl64\projects>

Hm, windres is not being found. Why wasn't it installed and how do I install it?