FAIL : LoadLibrary failed with error 126 "" when trying to load "C:\code\Blueprint.Net.Server\bin\Debug\net8.0-windows10.0.22621.0\runtimes\win-x64\native\onnxruntime_providers_cuda.dll" ”

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Target platform

w11

Build script

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Error / output

Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.OnnxRuntimeException:“[ErrorCode:RuntimeException] C:\a_work\1\s\onnxruntime\core\session\provider_bridge_ort.cc:1426 onnxruntime::ProviderLibrary::Get [ONNXRuntimeError] : 1 : FAIL : LoadLibrary failed with error 126 "" when trying to load "C:\code\Blueprint.Net.Server\bin\Debug\net8.0-windows10.0.22621.0\runtimes\win-x64\native\onnxruntime_providers_cuda.dll"
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[tianleiwu]

You can use Dependency Walker to see the required DLLs for onnxruntime_providers_cuda.dll. 1.18.1 requires installation of CUDA 11.8 + CuDNN 8.9 + Latest VC Runtime, or CUDA 12.x + cuDNN 9 + Latest VC Runtime. Example could be like:

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7378959/how-to-check-for-dll-dependency.

If you are not sure whether it is PATH setting problem, just copy those dependent DLLs (except API-*.dll) to the same directory of onnxruntime_providers_cuda.dll to verify.

[skottmckay]

You need to follow the cuDNN install instructions closely for the specific cuDNN version. The instructions change semi-regularly. Often the zlibwapi.dll library is overlooked.

e.g. for cuDNN 8.9: https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/cudnn/archives/cudnn-890/install-guide/index.html#install-windows

Make sure the PATH value in the environment the app is running in is as expected.

Dlls loaded manually at runtime won't show up in Dependency Walker (or Dependencies), so while that's a good place to start, it may not be comprehensive.

The ORT CUDA library links against cudnn64_8.dll, but that has minimal dependencies listed, so most likely it loads things like cudnn_cnn_infer64_8.dll manually at runtime as/when needed. cudnn_cnn_infer64_8.dll requires zlibwapi.dll.

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