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You'll have to excuse me, I'm a complete python newbie, but am trying to import a pyd file that I've been sent by a friend. He assures me the file works fine on his computer but when I run

import myfile.pyd

, after having placed the pyd file in the c:\Python\DLLs folder and added the directory to the environment variable, I get the following error

"ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found."

I've tried other PYD files from the same directory and they work, so I don't think it's a problem with the directory. Would it matter if my friend compiled this on a different version of Python?

Thanks

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Member Avatar for jlm699

Can you try just import myfile , without the .pyd?

Member Avatar for dh273

I've tried that and I get the same error message. Any thoughts?

Member Avatar for tyincali

try this before the import

import sys
sys.path.append("c:\Python\DLLs")
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It could be an issue with the python versions, but that isn't usually the error you get when that is the case.

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Excellent - it's now working. Thanks very much for your help, guys

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what was the solution?

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what was the solution?

The pyd file must be somewhere in the PYTHONPATH.
So adding the folder like suggested above, did actually added the "DLL" folder to the python path :)

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