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I have a plugin that relies on external DLLs in windows. I can load the plugin when the external DLLs are in the directory containing CloudCompare.exe, but I would like to keep them in their own directory to keep things organized. Is there a way to get the official release to look in additional directories for dependencies?

That's not the way it works on Windows sadly.

As far as I know, DLLs should be:
- next to the executable
- or in the System directory
- or in the winSxS folder (properly registered and installed at the right place), in which case a manifest file next to the executable can be used to point Windows to the right versions of the DLLs

Thanks for the reply. I'll go with putting them in the CC directory.