Portable doesn't work after uninstalling MYSQL and Perl

[Sourdough35]

I'm trying to get a portable server to work. I have it all set up and working within a folder that I can move from PC to PC and it runs the server fine. But when I actually uninstall mysql and perl from the PC so they are only left as folders in the portable directory, i start to see a problem. The NPCs no longer respond to me when I try to hail them. I'm not sure why. Reinstalling MySQL and Perl and running a non-standalone server worked fine. But I tried to uninstall them and set up a new standalone and I run into the same problems all over again.

It seems like there is something the emulator/database is using from the windows installations of mysql/perl that is not carrying over to the portable folder. Has anyone run into this? How can I fix it?

I'm guessing I should be able to run a portable server without installing separate programs like MySQL or Perl. The point is to be able to transfer it to any other computer and have it run, because all the necessary resources are in the file.