ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _dlib_pybind11: The specified module could not be found.

Posted by spicynoodles628@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 7 comments

Hello, I need to make a project for which I need face_recognition but it shows me an error as mentioned in the title. I tried the following methods to make it work: - I installed both cmake and Microsoft C++ redistributors -I deleted face_recognition and dlib both and then reinstalled them -I tried Microsoft commands Also, my dlib is the proper version for my python, I made sure of that.

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LoneDragonII@reddit

any solution?

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spicynoodles628@reddit (OP)

No, I still haven’t solved it :( I checked it manually, the file “_dlib_pybind11” is available in the site-packages folder, i added the path to environmental variables as well. I don’t know why it says it can’t be found. I saw many solutions for this problem and I tried almost every single one

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LoneDragonII@reddit

well the only way i was able to resolve it was downgrading python to 3.7.16 since after 3.8 some wacky security updates on both python and ig Windows side messed it up. Unfortunately compiling a python kernel is out of league so i used anaconda to make a environment with it since they had it available. Ran my code through Jupyter Lab and everything worked fine. will try and make a docker to see if im able to make my project work someplace else next. Just FYI i tried it on python 3.7.9 as its the only one with an installer available but dlib gets issues while building wheel.

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spicynoodles628@reddit (OP)

UPDATE: OMG I DID IT 😭

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LoneDragonII@reddit

congrats

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spicynoodles628@reddit (OP)

oh i see, i downgraded python to 3.11, I’ll try to find a couple of more ways before i move down to 3.7.9 as you said, thank you so much!

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