DLL load failed while importing _cext

[ClimberMel]

The original problem was when I tried to use matplotlib. I traced it to an error caused with kiwisolver.
It is on a Windows 10 machine. I have tried various versions of python from 3.9 to 3.11.3
Here is the traceback provided when trying to import kiwisolver
\Lib\site-packages\kiwisolver_init_.py", line 8, in
from ._cext import (
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _cext: The specified module could not be found.

Which DLL is it trying to load and from where?

[MatthieuDartiailh]

Kiwi is written in C++ and requires microsoft visual c++ redistributable (VCRUNTIME_140).

There is no clean way to specify this for a Python wheel sadly.

[ClimberMel]

Thanks, VCRUNTIME_140.dll was the clue I needed. I had to install VC_redist.x64.exe, but now it seems to have fixed that issue.