cx_Oracle: ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed

Question

Here\'s what I did:

1. I\'m on Windows XP SP3
2. I already had Python 2.7.1 installed.
3. I downloaded instantclient-basic-nt-11.2.0.3.0.zip

Answer 1

Same ImportError occured for setup of:

• Windows 10 x64
• Oracle Instant Client 12_1 x64
• Python 2.7.11 x64
• cx_Oracle cx_Oracle-5.2-12c.win-amd64-py2.7

I solved it copying msvcr100.dll file into