[ctypes-users] LibraryLoader loads wrong DLL

[Thor A. T. <th...@gm...>]

Hi

I have a DLL, lets call it interface.dll, which wraps a C++ API. This
C++ API depends on another API located in console.dll. This
console.dll is shipped with the C++ API and is specific to this API,
i.e. the people who has made the API also made the console.dll. Both
the console.dll and the C++ API DLL is located in the same folder as
my interface.dll. But when using
ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("interface.dll") the loading fails. The error
reported is that a ceratin function cannot be found in the
console.dll. Using DependencyWalker to profile the loading of the
interface.dll I discovered that the LoadLibrary folder tries to load
console.dll found in C:\Windows\system32 instead of the console.dll
found in the same folder as interface.dll.

Is this the wanted behaviour? Is there a way I can "help" the
LibraryLoader to find the right DLL?

Thanks,
Thor Andreas