From e327662d28d0299c3172b508d324ce5dbf729c52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:21:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 0001638: Not possible to draw anything.

---
 src/App/Application.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 76a8b8846..591e1980c 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -2005,6 +2005,10 @@ std::string Application::FindHomePath(const char* sCall)
             *i = '/';
     }
 
+    // fixes #0001638 to avoid to load DLLs from Windows' system directories before FreeCAD's bin folder
+    std::string binPath = TempHomePath;
+    binPath += "bin";
+    SetDllDirectory(binPath.c_str());
     return TempHomePath;
 }