import win32file not found

[little-eyes]

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• Expected behavior and actual behavior.

When I try to use azure.identity package to import ClientSecretCredential, it tries to import win32file, but python raise the following error.

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32file: The specified module could not be found.

I would expect the import to be successful.

• Steps to reproduce the problem.

  • using Python 3.8.3 or Python 3.8.5
  • install the latest azure.identity==1.15.0 package
  • try from azure.identity import ClientSecretCredential

• Version of Python and pywin32

  • Python 3.8.3 or 3.8.5
  • pywin32 227
  • Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.630]

[mhammond]

Dupe of #1183, #1409, #1406 and a few others.

[dennisvang]

This error can also arise if you've installed pywin32 via pip inside a conda environment with python>=3.8.
Workaround in that case is to install pywin32 via conda (from conda-forge, in my case), instead of pip.
More details on SO.

[Soppe]

This error can also arise if you've installed pywin32 via pip inside a conda environment with python>=3.8. Workaround in that case is to install pywin32 via conda (from conda-forge, in my case), instead of pip. More details on SO.

Had to scour for hours before finding this. In my case i also had to uninstall the pip-installed version of pywin32 that i had from god knows where. It was version 227. For whatever reason anaconda seemingly kept using this version instead of the conda version i had installed in my anaconda environment.

[vernondcole]

At one time, the stock version of anaconda included pywin32 as part of its default environment. My principal reason for avoiding conda was the fact that they did not keep their copy (or fork?) of pywin32 up to date. It is plausible that that is still going on. I have not checked. Will do that when I have time.

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[greekatos]

This is the right solution. I wondered two days why my exe wasn't working while my script did indeed worked. When I debugged the exe, this error popped: "ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api: The specified procedure could not be found. [20540] Failed to execute script 'pyi_rth_win32comgenpy' due to unhandled exception!". The solution I found is located here. Practically, I had to conda install pywin32 in anaconda console(admin mode) and then pip install all the other modules I needed.