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libmagic library issue - Sudhakar - Nov-13-2018

have installed python 2.7.15 (32 bit) on windows 2012 R2 -64 bit server. we have installed elastalert which install magic & liblogic modules. when I run the elastalert process , its giving following error.

Error:
    import magic
  File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\magic.py", line 181, in <module>
    raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic.  Check your installation')
ImportError: failed to find libmagic.  Check your installation
got something in google and copied files from https://github.com/pidydx/libmagicwin64 and placed into c:\windows\system32 folder. still getting same error.

the mail problem I see is python is not finding the copied dlls
>>> os.path.exists("C:\\Windows\\syswow64\\magic1.dll")
False
if I copy these files to C:\windows\syswow64 folder, python is able to find the file from system32.

>>> os.path.exists("C:\\Windows\\syswow64\\magic1.dll")
True
>>> ctypes.util.find_library('magic1')
'C:\\Windows\\system32\\magic1.dll'
when I run the import magic, its giving following error
>>> import magic
Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#63>", line 1, in <module>
    import magic
  File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\magic.py", line 159, in <module>
    libmagic = ctypes.CDLL(dll)
  File "D:\Python27\Lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 366, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
WindowsError: [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application
Can anyone please suggest?