ImportError: DLL load failed while importing sip: The specified module could not be found.

[riskydissonance]

Hi,

I get this error trying to use the module on IDA Pro 7.5, has anyone encountered it or able to provide any help?

Thanks!

C:\Users\user\Documents\code\Virtuailor\Main.py: DLL load failed while importing sip: The specified module could not be found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\tools\IDA Pro 7.5\python\3\ida_idaapi.py", line 616, in IDAPython_ExecScript
    exec(code, g)
  File "C:/Users/user/Documents/code/Virtuailor/Main.py", line 9, in <module>
    idaapi.require("GUI")
  File "C:\tools\IDA Pro 7.5\python\3\ida_idaapi.py", line 161, in require
    m = importlib.import_module(modulename, package)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1149, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Users/user/Documents/code/Virtuailor\GUI.py", line 3, in <module>
    from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing sip: The specified module could not be found.

[NtLoadDriverEx]

Use python 3.8, and replace the proper sip.pyd file in the ida pro install folder with this one from hex-rays. https://hex-rays.com/blog/ida-7-4-and-python-3-8/