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docs/installation.rst: added another failure mode in Windows after installation.
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* On Windows, Python error::
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ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _fitz
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ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _extra
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This has been occasionally seen if `MSVCP140.dll` is missing, and appears
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to be caused by a bug in some versions (2015-2017) of `Microsoft Visual C++
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This appears to be a problem in Jupyter labs; see:
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https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF/issues/3643#issuecomment-2210588778.
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* On Windows, Python error::
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ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit__extra)
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This was reported 2025-03-26 in https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF/issues/4405.
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The fix appears to be to install the latest `VC_redist.x64.exe`.
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