LoadLibrary function error STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND in Windows 10

In today's post, we will explore why the LoadLibrary function Return STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND error on the impersonation thread in Windows 10. We will also present the workaround to resolve this issue.

Impersonation is the ability of a thread to run using different security information than the thread's own owner process.

LoadLibrary DLL State Error NOT FOUND

Error code 0xC0000135 – STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND

You will receive a "STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND" error message on impersonation threads in Windows 10 if you do not grant access to the dynamic link library (DLL) to the process token itself when you use the LoadLibrary function to load the DLL.

You may experience this error depending on the following scenario:

It is assumed that all Windows operating systems have access rights to the DLL to which the process token refers. But regardless of the condition described here, this problem is prevalent in Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server, version 1909 than in earlier versions of Windows.

In case, you receive this error when you run software, try to reinstall it and see if it helps.

Note that this behavior is inherent in design in Windows.

However, to work around this problem, Microsoft recommends making sure that process tokens have access rights to all executables that the process loads.

I hope you find this post useful!