I'm using boost 1.32.0 with python 2.4 When I compile I get the python libraries created at boost\bin\boost\libs\python\build\ with the static library at boost\bin\boost\libs\python\build\libboost_python.lib\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\libboost_python-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.lib and the dynamic at boost\bin\boost\libs\python\build\boost_python.dll\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\boost_python-vc71-mt-gd-1_32.lib When I'm linking my program if I link against the static (Because I thought you had to do that for embedding) I get lots of unresolved external symbols that seem to come from boosts python library. If I link instead to the lib that belongs to the dll, and place the dll in with my exe it runs fine. ?? Do I need static linking on windows for embedding? The other question is with regards to exposing c++ classes to a python script loaded from a file. I have something like this in my c++ code BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(truckstate) { class_<TruckState>("TruckState") .def("goLoading", &TruckState::goLoading) .def("gowaiting", &TruckState::goWaiting); } In my python script when I try to import truckstate I get an exception thrown saying it can't find the module truckstate Most of the examples I've seen importing c++ classes are when they are extending python not embedding. Do I need to use Python C/API to import my truckstate module or something?? Thanks