How to fix "ImportError: DLL load failed" while importing win32api
I'm setting up an autoclicker in Python 3.8 and I need win32api for GetAsyncKeyState but it always gives me this error:
>>> import win32api
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api: The specified module could not be found.
I'm on Windows 10 Home 64x. I've already tried
pip install pypiwin32
And it successfully installs but nothing changes. I tried uninstalling and re-installing python as well. I also tried installing 'django' in the same way and it actually works when I import django
, so I think it's a win32api issue only.
>>> import win32api
I expect the output to be none, but the actual output is always that error ^^
Solved
If you are working in a miniconda on conda environment. You could just install pywin32 using conda instead of pip.
This solved my problem:
conda install pywin32
For my case, install and reinstall pywin32 doesn't help. After copied the two files from [installation directory of Anaconda]\Lib\site-packages\pywin32_system32
to C:\Windows\System32
, it works.
My environment is python 3.8 in miniconda. The two files are pythoncom38.dll
and pywintypes38.dll
.