import matplotlib._png as _png Import: Error: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found

Question

I use the Anaconda Python distribution: Python 2.7 x64 with Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.

When I do import matplotlib.pyplot I get ImportError: DLL load

Answer 1

I have had this problem as well. It seems to have cropped up in the last week or two. It seems like something in the scipy stack was compiled incorrectly. In the near term:

conda install anaconda

will roll your system back to a stable anaconda distribtution.