[Qgis-user] ecw problems

[Ramon Andinach]

On 17/02/2011, at 20:58 , luca_manganelli at comune.trento.it wrote:

> qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org scritti il 17/02/2011 13.35.44
> 
>> 3. on that dir ([QGIS path]\bin\gdalplugins\1.8) you should have these
>> files:
> 
> My fault:
> 
> the ECW libraries MUST stay on [QGIS path]\bin   and they are:
> 
> NCScnet4.dll
> NCScnet4d.dll
> NCSEcw4_RO.dll
> NCSEcw4_ROd.dll
> NCSUtil4.dll
> NCSUtil4d.dll
> tbb.dll
> tbb_debug.dll


And that poses another question.

On windows is there a *right* place to put these .dll files?

At the moment I've seen:
1. [qgis path]/bin
2. C:\windows\system32 and
3. C:\windows\syswow64 (if you have a 64-bit version).

I've been putting copies in all three just to be sure. 

-ramon.