h5py defect

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If relevant, please answer to the following questions:
1. What version of Python(x,y) have you installed?
2.7.6.1
2. Which components have you installed (Python(x,y) installer:
componentpage):
    a. Have you selected the "Recommended" component selection?
    b. Have you selected the "Full" component selection?
c. Have you selected manually plugins in the component list?
Whatplugins?
a
3. Have you selected the option "Customize installation directories"?
a. Yes
b. No
b
4. If the answer to 3. is yes, what installation directories have you
chosen?

5. Where did you install Python(x,y) itself?
a. default path
b. custom path, which one?
a
6. Have you installed Python(x,y):
    a. For "Current user only"
    b. For "All users"
b
7. What is your operating system?
a. Windows XP
b. Windows Vista
c. Windows 7
d. Windows 8
c
8. Is the operating system 64 bit?
a. Yes
b. No
a
9. When you installed Python(x,y), were you logged in as :
a. a regular user
b. an administrator of the machine
b
10. If you are using Windows Vista/7, have you installed Python(x,y):
a. simply by double-clicking on the installer
    b. by right-clicking on the installer and selecting "Run as an
administrator"
a
11. Regarding installed software on your machine, how did you clean your
machine before installing Python(x,y)  (multiple answers are possible):
a. you didn't do anything, you installed Python(x,y) directly on your
machine without precaution
b. you uninstalled any previous Python distribution (including the
official .msi)
c. you cleaned the Windows registry by removing all Python-related keys
d. you cleaned the environment variables by removing all deprecated
entries
b
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open python console
2. import h5py
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
from h5py import _errors
ImportError: DLL load failed

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by wasti.du...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 7:24

• Merged into: #738

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Could be similar to issue 738, the solution that worked for me as explained by 
Frederico:

I had a similar issue on py2exe compiled executables.
On some machines the HDF dll is unable to load, while on others it works fine.

It turns out this particular version of the VC2008 runtime is required:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26368

Original comment by jas...@jpmg.nl on 11 Aug 2014 at 7:46

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Perfect.
The solution with VC2008 runtime (32 bit) worked. Thanks!

Original comment by wasti.du...@gmail.com on 17 Sep 2014 at 7:01

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Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 4 Nov 2014 at 8:28

• Changed state: Duplicate