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    soroush
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    [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357298812"]Did you deploy platform/qwindows.dll as well? (It will not show up in Dependency Walker).[/quote]

    No I didn't know about that. It's not present in installation directory. It's in qtbase/plugin/platform. Though adding that file, program does not run yet.

    I made a 7z archive of all DLL s that Dependency Walker can see + msvcrt . It just don't run on any 64bit windows machine. I had no chance to test with 32 yet

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      It is actually platform s /qwindows.dll, not platform/qwindows.dll. Be aware that you will have to deploy platforms/qwindows d .dll if you are deploying a debug build.

      With these changes, do you still get <code>Failed to load platform plugin "windows". Available platforms are:</code>?

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        soroush
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        [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357301238"]It is actually platform s /qwindows.dll, not platform/qwindows.dll.[/quote]

        Yea, my typo

        [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357301238"]Be aware that you will have to deploy platforms/qwindows d .dll if you are deploying a debug build.

        With these changes, do you still get <code>Failed to load platform plugin "windows". Available platforms are:</code>?[/quote]

        I tried both debug and release builds with libraries with/without debugging symbols. It's still same.

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          Using the <code>-platformpluginpath</code> command line option or the <code>QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH</code> environment variable might be another option, but Qt should pickup the plugin automatically when placed in the correct location.

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            soroush
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            [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357305345"]Using the <code>-platformpluginpath</code> command line option or the <code>QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH</code> environment variable might be another option, but Qt should pickup the plugin automatically when placed in the correct location.[/quote]

            It is there, I copied everything beside the program executable. I believe it's in visible scope for linkage. The problem might be related to msvcrt .

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              qwindows.dll shouldn't be in the same dir as the executable. Put it in the platforms subdirectory.

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                soroush
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                [quote author="Krzysztof Kawa" date="1357310438"]qwindows.dll shouldn't be in the same dir as the executable. Put it in the platforms subdirectory.[/quote]
                Ah my bad memory :P In fact I have had same problem with paths for mysql driver on windows... Now works fine.

                Thank you

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                  [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357298812"]Did you deploy platform/qwindows.dll as well? (It will not show up in Dependency Walker).[/quote]

                  FWIW: DLL's that are loaded at runtime, like Plug-in DLL's, do show up in Dependency Walker, but only when you use the "profiling" feature. They of course cannot be found by only analyzing the static import tables...

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                    lgeyer
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                    Profiling never worked quite well for me (STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN and alike), but good to know. Thanks for sharing.

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                      Can you elaborate how this issue was fixed ?
                      You created a "platforms" directory inside your project folder and put the qwindows.dll in there ?

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                        Shuhard
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                        Looks like you have to create "platforms" directory in folder, were your program runs. For example, I have "debug" folder in my project, and I copied "platforms" directory there from "c:\Qt\Qt5.0.1\5.0.1\mingw47_32\plugins". This solved my problem.

                        Also you can copy other plugins if needed.

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                        • Chris KawaC Chris Kawa

                          qwindows.dll shouldn't be in the same dir as the executable. Put it in the platforms subdirectory.

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                          @Chris-Kawa

                          Hi. I did as you said and it worked! thanks!
                          welmore

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