Perl ppm startup issues under Win8.1

PPM tool tip for Perl (version 5.18.2) under Win8.1 (PRO):

C:\Users\ Ning >ppm
PPM GUI failed:dbi connect (' Dbname=c:\users\ ning \appdata\local/activestate/active
Perl/1802/ppm-mswin32-x64-multi-thread-5_18.db ', ',...) Failed:unable to open D
Atabase file

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You can set the ACTIVEPERL_PPM_HOME environment variable to
Point to a directory without extended Unicode characters in its name and PPM
Would try to maintain it database in this directory instead.

Example:

Set Activeperl_ppm_home=c:\perl\temp

That is, you set a directory that does not contain Chinese (make sure the directory exists before setting), for the first reason that the directory contains Chinese.