ImportError: Failed to load DLL while importing _dlib_pybind11: The specified module was not found

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What Operating System(s) are you seeing this problem on?

Windows

dlib version

19.24.2

Python version

Miniconda 3

Compiler

?

Expected Behavior

Tried to load a dlib DLL

Current Behavior

Got error:

ImportError: Failed to load DLL while importing _dlib_pybind11: The specified module was not found

Steps to Reproduce

Uninstalled and installed dlib 19.24.2

Anything else?

No response

[mtsnrtkhr]

I had same issue when I compile dlib with CUDA enabled. In my case, the reason is the path of cuDNN.

"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA\CUDNN\v8.9.7.29\lib\cudnn.lib"

"import dlib" failed with that error.

When I move the filed under lib to "x64" as originally from cuDNN,zip

"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA\CUDNN\v8.9.7.29\lib\x64\cudnn.lib"

the problem solved.