title: "OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found" while importing mxnet library
body: <p>After installing below packages on Windows 8.1 CPU 64-bit using conda command: "conda install mxnet", I am getting error (OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found) while importing mxnet library. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Packages installed:</strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code>_mutex_mxnet: 0.0.40-mkl
  libmxnet:     1.2.1-mkl_h0aaf724_1
  mxnet:        1.2.1-h8cc8929_0
  py-mxnet:     1.2.1-py36hcd68555_0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also, popup window <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/SKSm6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">OS error</a>
  appears while executing the import command with OS error description: "The program can't start because tiff.dll is missing from your computer.</p>
  
  <p>Please note that tiff.dll file is already present in my folder "C:\Users\XX\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\pkgs\libtiff-4.0.9-hb8ad9f9_1\Library\bin" and have also tried re-installing the mxnet package but unfortunately problem is still not solved. 
  Also, i already tried to searched similar issue on stackflow but couldn't find any relevant solution. Kindly help to resolve the issue.</p>
  
  <p>PFB my code and error message.</p>
  
  <pre><code>from __future__ import print_function
  import numpy as np
  import mxnet as mx
  from mxnet import nd, autograd, gluon
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  OSError                                   Traceback (most recent call last)
  &lt;ipython-input-32-4901168cc2e7&gt; in &lt;module&gt;()
        1 from __future__ import print_function
        2 import numpy as np
  ----&gt; 3 import mxnet as mx
        4 from mxnet import nd, autograd, gluon
  
  ~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\mxnet\__init__.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       23 
       24 from .context import Context, current_context, cpu, gpu
  ---&gt; 25 from . import engine
       26 from .base import MXNetError
       27 from . import base
  
  ~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\mxnet\engine.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       21 
       22 import ctypes
  ---&gt; 23 from .base import _LIB, check_call
       24 
       25 
  
  ~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\mxnet\base.py in &lt;module&gt;()
      111 __version__ = libinfo.__version__
      112 # library instance of mxnet
  --&gt; 113 _LIB = _load_lib()
      114 
      115 # type definitions
  
  ~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\mxnet\base.py in _load_lib()
      103     """Load library by searching possible path."""
      104     lib_path = libinfo.find_lib_path()
  --&gt; 105     lib = ctypes.CDLL(lib_path[0], ctypes.RTLD_LOCAL)
      106     # DMatrix functions
      107     lib.MXGetLastError.restype = ctypes.c_char_p
  
  ~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\ctypes\__init__.py in __init__(self, name, mode, handle, use_errno, use_last_error)
      346 
      347         if handle is None:
  --&gt; 348             self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
      349         else:
      350             self._handle = handle
  
  OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found
  </code></pre>