NumPy library ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found

Question

I\'m learning python using Visual Studio 2017 on Windows 10. When I\'m trying to import NumPy library into my code, this error appears. I have tried uninstalling and reinsta

Answer 1

First step make sure VS code is able to find python and you are able to run simple

print("hello World!")  # without any imports, makes sure vscode is able to find python

refer to How to setup VS code to find python3 on windows 10

Second step

Review error message properly and note the path pointing to numpy location. in my case it is C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core This is conda base environment and you have to upgrade numpy here. If your location is different , then you need to remove/update numpy in corresponding environment path.

  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\__init__.py", line 16, in 
    from . import multiarray
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\pie_chart.py", line 1, in 
    import numpy as np
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py", line 142, in 
    from . import add_newdocs
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\add_newdocs.py", line 13, in 
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\lib\__init__.py", line 8, in 

Refer to image above , in my case error message in vscode pointed to following path C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core. This path corresponds to conda Base environment. To verify just do a pip install numpy and it will tell you the path, make sure you launch Anaconda prompt in administrator mode and do a pip install in conda prompt. Once I made sure the path ( i.e. environment) where I am installing packages is same as in the error message.I ran below commands( add packages as per your error messages)

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#Run below commands in conda command prompt using administrator mode
pip uninstall numpy  
pip uninstall scipy

pip install numpy --upgrade
pip install scipy --upgrade

Following this procedure resolved my error.