Yes, quite right sorry I omitted that. The prior chain on importing DLL errrors said it wasn't necessary but I did follow the steps and first installed OpenBabelGUI
The OpenBabelGUI guide on the local host points to: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\OpenBabel-2.3.2\doc\OpenBabelGUI.html Here's the installed directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\OpenBabel-2.3.2>dir Volume in drive C is Vista Volume Serial Number is 3CA5-E13E Directory of c:\Program Files (x86)\OpenBabel-2.3.2 12/12/2012 04:53 AM <DIR> . 12/12/2012 04:53 AM <DIR> .. 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 28,160 babel.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 27,648 formats_cairo.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 274,432 formats_common.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 369,152 formats_compchem.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 837,632 formats_misc.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 126,976 formats_utility.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 176,640 formats_xml.obf 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 538,324 freetype6.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 892,928 iconv.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 1,182,444 libcairo-2.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 143,096 libexpat-1.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 279,059 libfontconfig-1.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 839,680 libinchi.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 230,529 libpng14-14.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 876,032 libxml2.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 15,426 License.txt 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 28,672 obabel.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 25,088 obchiral.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 22,016 obconformer.exe 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 231 obdepict.bat 10/06/2012 09:52 AM 499,712 OBDotNet.dll 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 27,648 obenergy.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 32,256 obfit.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 26,624 obgen.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 32,256 obgrep.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 2,889,728 obgui.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 30,208 obminimize.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 27,136 obprobe.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 28,160 obprop.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 26,112 obrms.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 24,576 obrotamer.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 25,600 obrotate.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 64,000 obspectrophore.exe 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 1,651,200 openbabel-2.dll 10/06/2012 09:52 AM 586,609 openbabel.jar 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 497,664 openbabel_csharp.dll 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 689,152 openbabel_java.dll 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 100,864 plugin_charges.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 45,568 plugin_descriptors.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 54,784 plugin_fingerprints.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 295,936 plugin_forcefields.obf 10/11/2012 09:58 AM 148,992 plugin_ops.obf 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 295 sdf.bat 12/09/2012 11:05 PM <DIR> TD_REVISED 12/12/2012 04:53 AM 58,824 Uninstall.exe 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 21,504 xdr-0.dll 10/03/2012 04:50 AM 59,904 zlib1.dll 46 File(s) 14,859,477 bytes 3 Dir(s) 15,068,557,312 bytes free c:\Program Files (x86)\OpenBabel-2.3.2> -- View this message in context: http://forums.openbabel.org/import-openbabel-Import-Error-DLL-load-failed-tp4655785p4655787.html Sent from the General discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss