Platforms is the folder directly copied from Qt\Qt5.1.1\5.1.1\msvc2012\plugins\platforms including e.g. Available platform plugins are:įolder structure looks like this: release This application failed to start because it could not find or load the However, when starting from the “release”-Folder, i get the following message: Application is compiled in “Release”-mode and can be executed if directly started with Qt Creator.
#Qt platform plugin windows paladins windows 7
I am using Qt 5.1.1 with Visual Studio 2012 and developed my Application on Windows 7 with Qt Creator 2.8.1. However, in my case the problem still persists. Available platforms are : Errorĭeploying Qt C++ Application from Visual Studio qwindows.dll errorįailed to load platform plugin "windows" Available platforms are: windows, minimal By the way: The accepted answer within the provided link on top does not solve the problem!įailed to load platform plugin "windows". Therefore my question is definitely not a duplicate. This should not be forgotten and so far my answer helped a lot of people. However, when I answered this question by msyself I intended to help other people by directly providing the solution. Now, many months later, the comment has been changed to an answer. After a long search I found a comment which had been ignored by all users pointing to the missing lib. However, none of these answers solved my problem. Do not forget that many similar questions existed when I asked this one (see e.g. Some people started to mark my question as a duplicate.