The type initializer for 'Emgu.CV.CvInvoke' threw an exception

Question

I\'m getting this error

The type initializer for \'Emgu.CV.CvInvoke\' threw an exception.

when I try to use Emgu CV. I\'ve tried

Answer 1

It's probably failing to load the unmanaged DLL dependencies. A couple of suggestoins:

1. Make sure your .NET project is targeting x86 rather than AnyCPU, since you likely have the x86 build of OpenCV.
2. Make sure the OpenCV dlls are in your PATH (or directly in the bin directory, if this is a Console/WinForms/WPF app.)