Perl - DBD::mysql - Can't load DBD/mysql/mysql.dll - Windows 10 64-Bit

[ActiveState-Support]

(This workaround is no longer needed. Improvements on The Platform mean that downloading third party dlls is no longer needed.)

That message usually means that you don’t have the required version of the MySQL client installed. There are some older discussion posts with the solution:

DBD::mysql error in ActivePerl 5.28 on Windws10 64bits, Can't load mysql.dll

I installed the new ActiveState Perl custom build with Perl 5.28 and I added the module (DBD-mysql v4.50) and the DBI module. This is just an upgrade from version 5.20.2.2002. Nothing else changed. I’m running existing scripts that work fine if I go back to this older version of ActivePerl. Here is the error I get when executing the script: install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load 'C:/Perl64/site/lib/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.dll' for module DBD::mysql: load_file:The specified module could not b…