compiling mxnet on windows

[elzKit]

I am compiling my version mxnet on

• Windows 10
• Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition
• python 2.7.12

I have used the source code from https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet
and follow the instructions from https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/get_started/windows_setup.html. (That is, I use cmake to generate the solution file,etc)
The compilation is successful, and a DLL is produced. I install the python biding with python setup.py install. However, when I load such an installation, the mxnet library cannot be loaded

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import mxnet as mx
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "mxnet_init_.py", line 25, in
from .base import MXNetError
File "mxnet\base.py", line 110, in
_LIB = _load_lib()
File "mxnet\base.py", line 102, in load_lib
lib = ctypes.CDLL(lib_path[0], ctypes.RTLD_LOCAL)
File "C:\Users\zawislae\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\ctypes_init.py", line 362, in init
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
WindowsError: [Error 126] The specified module could not be found

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This basically could mean that some dependencies cannot be found. I've made my best to insure that all the dependencies are in path. It is enough to just repace the mxnet DLL that I have built with a pre-built DLL, and everything works as expected. [BTW I insist on using my version of DLL because I have to compile in some special operators for FCIS https://github.com/msracver/FCIS]

When I compare my installation with the pre-built version of mxnet from this site, I see that my version of the libary is much smaller.
my version size: 84 546 KB
pre-build version: 358 896 KB

So, it seems that the way I am building my version of mxnet is wrong. I have no clue why? Are there any other instructions to build mxnet on win?
Note that I am building with VS 2015. I've attempted to use VS 2013, but in this case, VS just crashes when I load the generated solution.
Any hints will be greatly appreciated.

[yajiedesign]

1.please use 2015,not 2013.
2.126 mean depend loss, use depend tool find it. http://www.dependencywalker.com/

[elzKit]

Unfortunately, if I generate a solution with cmake for VS2013 and try to open it in my VS 2013, the Visual Studio is just crashing. I can open the same solution in VS2015 just fine.
I am using cmake with "Visual Studio 12 2013 wind64" and "use default native compilers" settings

[yajiedesign]

don't generate solution with VS2013 .generate VS2015 Win64 solution.the VS2013 is deprecated.

[elzKit]

got it, thanks

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