So I finally got it set up so I can compile. YAY! I run it. It complains that it can't find such and such .dll I rename one of the misnamed .dll's it runs for a bit longer this time, but it says
Cannot find entry point DecodePointer in KERNEL32.DLL
so I'm like AW CRAP and I add a replacement KERNEL32.DLL in the folder and it still doesn't work. so I would like to know: am I doing something wrong with the compile/link or what (unlikely since Dwarf Fortress gave the same error) or is my computer doomed?
also, that is not a 'can't find *.dll' error, it is finding it just fine, its just that it is incompatible. most likely an external problem (not powder toy).