from .cv2 import * ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found

Question

I used to play with opencv but now I am not able to use it. When I enter :

import cv 2

I get

import cv2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
    import cv2
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cv2\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .cv2 import *
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

I have 32 bit Windows 7 and Python 3.6.

Answer 1

I had an issue that really looked like this one. I installed OpenCV on an conda envrionement and someone had installed numpy unsing pip on the base environment.

Please check that:

• all your installed package come from compatible sources
• You don't have the same package installed twice

The only way that I could fix the issue was starting from a fresh environment.

Hope it helps