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  • R Roberrt

    @jsulm

    I have put all dependencies in the folder D:\New folder and added it under the user Environment Variables, is it correctly?

    I tested it, but it still complains about missing DLLs.

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    jsulm
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    @Roberrt I was talking about PATH variable. I can't see it in your screen shot. And keep in mind: if you do it this way you will need to log off and on again.

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      @Roberrt I was talking about PATH variable. I can't see it in your screen shot. And keep in mind: if you do it this way you will need to log off and on again.

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      @jsulm said in How to make my Qt application load dlls in a different folder?:

      PATH variable

      To clarify, are you referring to System Variables > Path variables?

      I've added the folder and rebooted, but now I'm getting this error:

      This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized.
      

      This is my dependencies folder:

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      • R Roberrt

        @jsulm said in How to make my Qt application load dlls in a different folder?:

        PATH variable

        To clarify, are you referring to System Variables > Path variables?

        I've added the folder and rebooted, but now I'm getting this error:

        This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized.
        

        This is my dependencies folder:

        90824fec-ec3a-4387-bb5b-59418764c19d-image.png

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        @Roberrt said in How to make my Qt application load dlls in a different folder?:

        are you referring to System Variables > Path variables?

        I'm referring to PATH environment variable.
        You can set it in System Variables > Path variables. But as I already pointed out above: you need to log off and log in again after changing PATH. If it then still does not work then open a terminal and enter command "set" - check the value of the PATH variable there.
        You should also consider that using paths with spaces can easily cause problems.

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        • jsulmJ jsulm

          @Roberrt said in How to make my Qt application load dlls in a different folder?:

          are you referring to System Variables > Path variables?

          I'm referring to PATH environment variable.
          You can set it in System Variables > Path variables. But as I already pointed out above: you need to log off and log in again after changing PATH. If it then still does not work then open a terminal and enter command "set" - check the value of the PATH variable there.
          You should also consider that using paths with spaces can easily cause problems.

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          @jsulm said in How to make my Qt application load dlls in a different folder?:

          You should also consider that using paths with spaces can easily cause problems.

          I modified it to a path without spaces, and rebooted, continue getting the same error message.

          If i execute the exe inside of the DLL folder it works correctly.

          I think the problem is these folders dont?

          I used windeployqt to copy the dependencies, is it possible to 'copy' everything without creating any folder?

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          • R Roberrt

            @jsulm said in How to make my Qt application load dlls in a different folder?:

            You should also consider that using paths with spaces can easily cause problems.

            I modified it to a path without spaces, and rebooted, continue getting the same error message.

            If i execute the exe inside of the DLL folder it works correctly.

            I think the problem is these folders dont?

            I used windeployqt to copy the dependencies, is it possible to 'copy' everything without creating any folder?

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            @Roberrt What about my suggestion from above: "If it then still does not work then open a terminal and enter command "set" - check the value of the PATH variable there.". If the PATH is set correctly try to start your app from a terminal - does that work?

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              @jsulm yes, when i enter "set" in the terminal i can see the path.

              I tried launching the app using the terminal it gave the same error.

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              • R Roberrt

                @jsulm yes, when i enter "set" in the terminal i can see the path.

                I tried launching the app using the terminal it gave the same error.

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                @Roberrt Can you show your PATH?

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                • jsulmJ jsulm

                  @Roberrt Can you show your PATH?

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                  @jsulm

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                  • R Roberrt

                    @jsulm

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                    @Roberrt If c:\Users\Public\Qt is the folder with your libs it should work.
                    You also tried to use qt.conf: did you specify the folder with the libs using "Libraries = PAT_TO_LIBS_FOLDER"? Prefix is the app folder.

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                    • jsulmJ jsulm

                      @Roberrt If c:\Users\Public\Qt is the folder with your libs it should work.
                      You also tried to use qt.conf: did you specify the folder with the libs using "Libraries = PAT_TO_LIBS_FOLDER"? Prefix is the app folder.

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                      @jsulm
                      I got it working for a new project containing just a push button, I also needed to create a variable with the name QT_PLUGIN_PATH under the System variables environment, and set the folder which contains these plugins folders (platforms, etc), in my case C:\Users\Public\Qt.

                      But for my app using qwebengine its not working, when i run the exe i don't see any error message neither my gui, then it closes :(

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