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

**URL:** <https://support.prodi.gy/t/importerror-dll-load-failed-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found/6170>\
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**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/importerror-dll-load-failed-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found/6170 "2022-12-05T14:11:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahul1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rahul1](https://support.prodi.gy/u/rahul1)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/importerror-dll-load-failed-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found/6170/1 "2022-12-05T14:11:05Z")

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Hi,

I thought to share what I came across while installing prodigy in windows via cmd and in virtual environment.

After installing, when I checked for the status of prodigy with python -m prodigy stats, I got following error:

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

I found answer to this question of stackoverflow:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20201868/importerror-dll-load-failed-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found>

Installing the Visual C++ Redistributable für Visual Studio 2015 from this links: [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145) fixed the missing DLLs.

regards  
Rahul

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**Author:** ![koaning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/koaning/32/230_2.png) [@koaning](https://support.prodi.gy/u/koaning)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/importerror-dll-load-failed-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found/6170/2 "2022-12-07T08:56:58Z")

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Thanks for sharing 🙂 !