Error loading "\lib\site-packages\torch\lib\shm.dll" or one of its dependencies

[cbellosoto]

For anyone facing this error, when they try to run the demo, after installing the requirements.
Check if torch installed.
You can do check by going into the python CLI and trying to import torch manually.

Not sure why the issue is occuring but a quick google search reveals the error is with torch2.3 so downloading an older version will help
You can use the official instructions in pytorch.org to generate the install, but that wil default to the latest version 2.3

Simply specify version 2.2.2 or lower and update the index from cu116 to cu118
Example you can use below: (This will also install other pytorch livbraries which can come in handy in the future.

pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118

1 of the google solutions found here
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74594256/pytorch-error-loading-lib-site-packages-torch-lib-shm-dll-or-one-of-its-depen