title: Unable to load DLL 'Microsoft.Quantum.Simulator.Runtime.dll'
body: <p>Getting Unable to load DLL <code>'Microsoft.Quantum.Simulator.Runtime.dll'</code> error while trying to validate my Q# environment by running the teleport sample program. </p>
  
  <pre><code>dotnet build
  dotnet run
  
  platform windows 7 64 bit with AVX enabled. vscode with .NET Core SDK 2.0
  
  
  Unhandled Exception: System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'Microsoft.Quantum.Simulator.Runtime.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
     at Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Simulators.QuantumSimulator.Init()
     at Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Simulators.QuantumSimulator..ctor(Boolean throwOnReleasingQubitsNotInZeroState, Nullable`1 randomNumberGeneratorSeed, Boolean disableBorrowing)
     at Microsoft.Quantum.Examples.Teleportation.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\opt\workspace\quantum\Quantum\Samples\Teleportation\Program.cs:line 13
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