While importing tensorflow, got the error 'ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.'

Question

I have seen and implemented several potential solutions to my problem, but none seem to work. Can I get resolution for the error in importing tensorflow?

Versions -- > python 3.7.4 -- > tensorflow 2.3.0

runfile('C:/Users/pshad/.spyder-py3/temp.py', wdir='C:/Users/pshad/.spyder-py3') Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-27-bc8fb4f78acd>", line 1, in <module>
    runfile('C:/Users/pshad/.spyder-py3/temp.py', wdir='C:/Users/pshad/.spyder-py3')

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py", line 827, in runfile
    execfile(filename, namespace)

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py", line 110, in execfile
    exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace)

  File "C:/Users/pshad/.spyder-py3/temp.py", line 9, in <module>
    import tensorflow as tf

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 41, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.tools import module_util as _module_util

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.eager import context

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\eager\context.py", line 35, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tfe

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tfe.py", line 28, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow

  File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 83, in <module>
    raise ImportError(msg)

ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):   File "C:\Users\pshad\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 64, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python._pywrap_tensorflow_internal import * ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.


Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.

Answer 1

Anaconda offers an installation for Tensorflow that takes care of everything, including all the GPU and CUDA dependencies:

conda install -c anaconda tensorflow-gpu

It's for Tensorflow 2.1 and Python 3.7. DLL failures are common when components are installed separately or through another channel than Anaconda.

Answer 2

I think the package didn't installed correctly. try reinstalling it.(if you use 'pip' to install don't forget to update it)