# loading vtk in java fails

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/loading-vtk-in-java-fails/15467
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 2, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/loading-vtk-in-java-fails/15467 "2025-04-02T09:20:14Z")
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### Author: ![toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/toddy)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/loading-vtk-in-java-fails/15467/10 "2025-04-17T05:13:21Z")

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> [@Building vtk 9.4.0 on windows Java](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/building-vtk-9-4-0-on-windows-java/14936/80):
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> Good morning David. Ever since vtk\_9.4.1 was released, I have been building the RELEASE version with vs 2022. The build was clean but java would not load, never mind run. The loading error suggested missing DLL’s of which I downloaded many in trial and error. Nothing worked and I almost gave up. I have just built the DEBUG version of it and it LOADS & RUNS! There is obviously something in DEBUG that is missing from RELEASE. No idea what it is but I shall look for it while happily running my new…

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