From the PPM utility, a user can install MinGW and dmake

Yes - but that only works for 32-bit versions of ActivePerl and, from the op's second post in this thread, it seems a 64-bit build of ActivePerl is being used.

Another alternative is to download, from Microsoft, the same compiler that was used to build the x64 ActivePerl. It's free, and should still be available, though it can be a bit tricky to locate.

Cheers,
Rob