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LoadLibrary failed - The specified module could not be found

First off, I found and read this:

LoadLibrary project.dll failed. The specified module could not be found

I'm running:

    Windows 10 Enterprise
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHz 2.49 GHz
    8.00 GB (7.69 GB usable)
    64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor

According to "ver": 

    Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.167]

Unfortunately I couldn't get the "Dependency Walker" application to open the DLL, when I selected the problem file it just went into a "Not responding" state and doesn't recover.

I'm registering a bunch of DLL's and all ok with the exception of one, it builds without errors but I get this when I attempt to register:

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Edit: "Dependency Walker" does run, just goes into a Not Responding state for a long time, but eventually it comes back.

How do interpret the results to resolve the issues?

    API_MS-WIN-CORE-APIQUERY-L1-1-0.DLL
    Error opening file. The system cannot find the file specified(2).

Same error reported for:

    API_MS-WIN-CORE_APPCOMPAT-L1-1-0.DLL
    API_MS-WIN-CORE_APPCOMPAT-L1-1-1.DLL
    API_MS-WIN-CORE_APPINIT-L1-1-0.DLL
    API_MS-WIN-CORE_ATOMS-L1-1-0.DLL
    API_MS-WIN-CORE_COM-L1-1-0.DLL
    API_MS-WIN-CORE_COM-L1-1-2.DLL

And many more DLL's

Solution

  • After waiting for "Dependency Walker" to finally come back, I could see that a referenced DLL was missing from the system.

    I've now resolved this issue by installing the missing DLL.