# Unable to Load DLL SqlServerSpatial110.dll

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**Category:** WPF\
**Created:** [September 20, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300 "2012-09-20T15:44:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Bob3)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/1 "2012-09-20T15:44:49Z")

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I&nbsp;am&nbsp;experiencing&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;error:

 ![](https://community.thinkgeo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/932b4413e0f059dab8ad84ab2e577970ea20b453.jpg)

What's&nbsp;funny&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;this&nbsp;file&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;copied&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;program&nbsp;folder,&nbsp;System32,&nbsp;and&nbsp;SysWOW64,&nbsp;and&nbsp;yet&nbsp;the&nbsp;program&nbsp;still&nbsp;can't&nbsp;seem&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;it.&nbsp;&nbsp;But&nbsp;it&nbsp;gets&nbsp;better,&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;completely&nbsp;different&nbsp;PC&nbsp;(both&nbsp;are&nbsp;running&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;7/64bit)&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;exact&nbsp;same&nbsp;folder&nbsp;structure&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;program,&nbsp;same&nbsp;exact&nbsp;SQL&nbsp;Server&nbsp;database,&nbsp;it&nbsp;runs&nbsp;fine.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any&nbsp;idea&nbsp;what&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;the&nbsp;difference&nbsp;between&nbsp;these&nbsp;two&nbsp;PCs&nbsp;that&nbsp;would&nbsp;generate&nbsp;this&nbsp;error&nbsp;on&nbsp;one,&nbsp;and&nbsp;work&nbsp;fine&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;all&nbsp;things&nbsp;being&nbsp;equal&nbsp;(as&nbsp;far&nbsp;as&nbsp;I&nbsp;can&nbsp;tell)?

Thanks.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bob

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**Author:** ![Gary2](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Gary2](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Gary2)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/2 "2012-09-20T16:05:44Z")

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Hello&nbsp;Bob,&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;We&nbsp;installed&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;7&nbsp;N&nbsp;X64&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;copy&nbsp;the&nbsp;C++&nbsp;CLR&nbsp;Types&nbsp;assemblies&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;correct&nbsp;place&nbsp;and&nbsp;run&nbsp;a&nbsp;simple&nbsp;application&nbsp;to&nbsp;recreate&nbsp;the&nbsp;issue&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;did&nbsp;by&nbsp;throwing&nbsp;an&nbsp;exception&nbsp;“Unable&nbsp;to&nbsp;load&nbsp;DLL&nbsp;‘SqlServerSpatial110.dll’”,&nbsp;We&nbsp;found&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;because&nbsp;CLR&nbsp;Types&nbsp;needs&nbsp;VC&nbsp;10.0&nbsp;Runtime&nbsp;X86.&nbsp;We&nbsp;found&nbsp;a&nbsp;merge&nbsp;module&nbsp;Microsoft\_VC100\_CRT\_x86.msm&nbsp;for&nbsp;it&nbsp;under&nbsp;“C:\Program&nbsp;Files&nbsp;(x86)\Common&nbsp;Files\Merge&nbsp;Modules”&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;machine&nbsp;with&nbsp;VS2010&nbsp;installed.&nbsp;We&nbsp;also&nbsp;found&nbsp;that&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;.net&nbsp;4.0&nbsp;client&nbsp;framework&nbsp;as&nbsp;well.&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;posting&nbsp;some&nbsp;updated&nbsp;merge&nbsp;modules&nbsp;and&nbsp;installers&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;updating&nbsp;our&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;text&nbsp;files.&nbsp;Try&nbsp;installing&nbsp;the&nbsp;items&nbsp;above&nbsp;and&nbsp;let&nbsp;us&nbsp;know.&nbsp;&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;Regards,&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;Gary

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**Author:** ![Gary2](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Gary2](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Gary2)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/3 "2012-09-20T16:07:56Z")

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In&nbsp;other&nbsp;words,&nbsp;please&nbsp;try&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;Microsoft&nbsp;Visual&nbsp;C++&nbsp;2010&nbsp;Runtime

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**Author:** ![Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Bob3)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/4 "2012-09-20T18:10:06Z")

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I&nbsp;downloaded/installed&nbsp;VC&nbsp;10.0&nbsp;Runtime&nbsp;X86,&nbsp;and&nbsp;.Net&nbsp;4.0&nbsp;was&nbsp;already&nbsp;installed,&nbsp;and&nbsp;I’m&nbsp;getting&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;error.&nbsp;:(&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;bob

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**Author:** ![Edgar](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Edgar](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Edgar)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/5 "2012-09-21T01:21:30Z")

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Hi&nbsp;Bob,

Please&nbsp;go&nbsp;to&nbsp;this&nbsp;page&nbsp;[wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/Map\_S...ment\_Guide](http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/Map_Suite_Services_Edition_Deployment_Guide)&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;tells&nbsp;you&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;deploy&nbsp;it&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;bottom&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;page.

Hope&nbsp;it&nbsp;helps,

Edgar

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**Author:** ![Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bob3](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Bob3)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/6 "2012-09-21T10:45:44Z")

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I&nbsp;went&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;above&nbsp;link&nbsp;and&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;requirements&nbsp;above&nbsp;I&nbsp;created&nbsp;a&nbsp;folder&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;SysWOW64&nbsp;called&nbsp;SqlServerTypes\_X86,&nbsp;and&nbsp;copied&nbsp;the&nbsp;DLL&nbsp;into&nbsp;that&nbsp;folder.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;PC&nbsp;I’m&nbsp;testing&nbsp;this&nbsp;on&nbsp;is&nbsp;Running&nbsp;under&nbsp;X86&nbsp;mode&nbsp;on&nbsp;an&nbsp;X64&nbsp;system,&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;built&nbsp;the&nbsp;program&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;platform&nbsp;target&nbsp;of&nbsp;X86.&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;But&nbsp;I&nbsp;still&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;error&nbsp;above…any&nbsp;other&nbsp;ideas?&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;bob

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**Author:** ![Edgar](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Edgar](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Edgar)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/unable-to-load-dll-sqlserverspatial110-dll/3300/7 "2012-09-23T20:04:10Z")

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Bob,

The&nbsp;new&nbsp;folder&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;needed,&nbsp;the&nbsp;structure&nbsp;should&nbsp;like&nbsp;this,

 ![](https://community.thinkgeo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2649149998d66f7ee5f86ce1bf52723b5e391aef.PNG) ![](https://community.thinkgeo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/00c5be63ca3332f16b80fc84236bec5642ed13d9.PNG)

Regards,

Edgar