# DLL load failure when importing vtkFiltersExtraction

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dll-load-failure-when-importing-vtkfiltersextraction/8343
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [April 20, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dll-load-failure-when-importing-vtkfiltersextraction/8343 "2022-04-20T17:21:02Z")
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### Author: ![JayEspi](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@JayEspi](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/JayEspi)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dll-load-failure-when-importing-vtkfiltersextraction/8343/1 "2022-04-20T17:21:03Z")

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Setup: Windows 10, Anaconda, Python v3.9

When I try to import vtkFiltersExtraction:

```
import vtkmodules.vtkFiltersExtraction

```

I get this error:

```
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing vtkFiltersExtraction: The specified module could not be found.

```

I can import other modules such as vtkCommonCore, vtkCommonMath, vtkCommonTransforms, etc.

When I look at the file “vtkFiltersExtraction-9.1.dll” stored in “C:/an39/Library/bin” with the Dependencies v1.10.0.0 app I don’t see anything unusual.

Suggestions?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/dll-load-failure-when-importing-vtkfiltersextraction/8343/2 "2022-04-20T20:31:08Z")

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Alas, it is probably loading something else that can’t find its dependencies. It took until Python 3.10 for that error message to say what DLL wasn’t found or failed to load (the module name is just the trigger). [`ProcMon`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) can be used to trace what DLL is actually failing (though it isn’t the easiest thing to use).