Hello, A new question has been asked in "MariaDB Community" by plcfischer. Please answer it at http://mariadb.com/kb/en/plugin-dll-not-working-in-windows-server-2012-r2/ as the person asking the question may not be subscribed to the mailing list. -------------------------------- I have a modified version of lib_mysqludf_sys (limits the programs that can be run). On Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 64 bit) it works just fine. On Windows Server 2012 R2 I get: ERROR 1126 (HY000): Can't open shared library 'mysql_UDF.dll' (errno: 2, The specified module could not be found. Following is more information: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.1\lib\plugin>dir /q *.dll Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 1EBA-5D2D Directory of C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.1\lib\plugin . . . 10/15/2015 04:42 PM 48,456 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM metadata_lock_info.dll 11/19/2015 06:46 PM 44,032 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM mysql_UDF.dll 10/15/2015 04:42 PM 48,456 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM query_cache_info.dll . . . 19 File(s) 5,186,832 bytes 0 Dir(s) 338,428,325,888 bytes free C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.1\lib\plugin>mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p Enter password: ********* Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 2 Server version: 10.1.8-MariaDB mariadb.org binary distribution Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. MariaDB [(none)]> create database EMR; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE FUNCTION sys_exec RETURNS int SONAME 'mysql_UDF.dll'; ERROR 1126 (HY000): Can't open shared library 'mysql_UDF.dll' (errno: 2, The specified module could not be found. ) MariaDB [(none)]> show variables like '%plug%'; +-----------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +-----------------+-------------------------------------------+ | plugin_dir | C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.1\lib\plugin\ | | plugin_maturity | unknown | +-----------------+-------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ I tried mysql version 5.7.9 and have the same error. Any ideas? Thanks, Charles Fischer -------------------------------- To view or answer this question please visit: http://mariadb.com/kb/en/plugin-dll-not-working-in-windows-server-2012-r2/