PyQt5 - Failed to load platform plugin “windows”. Available platforms are: windows, minimal

Question

When I try to run any PyQt5 program from Eclipse, I got this error.

Failed to load platform plugin \"windows\". Available platforms are: windows, mini

Answer 1

i had a similar problem when compiling my code with cx_freeze.

Copying the folder platforms from python installation directory into my built folder solved the problem. the "platforms" folder contains qminimal.dll