Ok, basically I am trying to compile a test program to make sure that I installed and linked opencv and visual studio properly. I seems that I haven't although I have triple checked my system enviromental variable and path variable, as well as the linker and c/c++ properties for visual studio.
It builds, but when I try and debug, an error message associated with the executable pops up and tells me the program can't start b/c opencv_world300.dll is missing from my computer. I checked my opencv bin under the proper operating system and compiler and the file is most definitely there. I even shamefully copied the file into the lib and staticlib folders so that the it couldn't be missed, yet to no avail.
Also when I click ok, this error follows: "Unhandled exception at 0x00007FFE2016C180 (ntdll.dll) in ConsoleApplication1.exe: 0xC0000135: Unable to Locate DLL."
Any help would be great. I'm kind of stuck.
My operating system is windows 8 (if this matters).
Thanks Rowan