Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll'

atemon has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, monks

I have installed Win32::AdminMisc on my windows machine with Active state Perl 5.8.8. Its throwing the error

 Can't load 'C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/Win32/AdminMisc/AdminMisc.dll' for 
+module Win32::AdminMisc: load_file:The specified module could not be 
+found at C:/Perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 230. at C:\mydir\Perl\change_
+pwd.pl line 3 Compilation failed in require at C:\mydir\Perl\change_p
+wd.pl line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\mydir\Perl\chan
+ge_pwd.pl line 3.
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I checked with Win32::AdminMisc Problems, Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll' error and Help installing Win32::AdminMisc. But none of the suggestions work.

I downloaded AdminMisc from www.roth.net. Can you please help? Thank you in advance for the help.

Update: both AdminMisc.dll & msvcr70.dll in my path.

Cheers !

--VC

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Re: Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll' by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 25, 2007 at 07:06 UTC
Hi vcTheGuru, Download AdminMisc_5008.Zip from that page you provided a link to. (I would think that's what you've already done.) When you unzip, look for the file named `Win32-AdminMisc.ppd` - which will be in the top level directory to which you unzipped the archive. Then 'cd' to that directory and run `ppm install Win32-AdminMisc.ppd`. That should install a working version of Win32::AdminMisc into your perl 5.8.8. (It did for me.) You will need msvcr70.dll somewhere in your path to succesfully use this build of Win32::AdminMisc. You should be able to find msvcr70.dll by googling - if you don't already have it. I wonder whether it's the absence of msvcr70.dll that has prevented AdminMisc.dll from loading and led to the error message you've reported ? Normally, when a dll can't be found you'll also get a pop-up specifying exactly which dll it was that could not be found Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll' by atemon (Chaplain) on Oct 25, 2007 at 18:40 UTC
Hi, Thanks everybody Fixed it by downloading & installing msvcr70.dll again. Cheers ! --VC My Home	[reply]
Re: Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll' by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 25, 2007 at 06:32 UTC
Well, does the DLL exist in the given place?	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll' by atemon (Chaplain) on Oct 25, 2007 at 07:29 UTC
Yep, The dll exist in the given place.	[reply]
Re: Win32::AdminMisc 'can't load the dll' by ldln (Pilgrim) on Oct 25, 2007 at 14:19 UTC
This works for me with perl 5.8.8-817 ppm install http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/Win32-AdminMisc.ppd	[reply]