can't load the driver (not the usual one)

[saflota]

Describe the bug
importing the driver causes a load error

To Reproduce
running only this causes the error
pythonimport pycuda.driver
and the error i get is this:

ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[21], [line 1](vscode-notebook-cell:?execution_count=21&line=1)
----> [1](vscode-notebook-cell:?execution_count=21&line=1) import pycuda.driver

File c:\Users\mohha\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pycuda\driver.py:66
     [62](file:///C:/Users/mohha/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/lib/site-packages/pycuda/driver.py:62) # }}}
     [65](file:///C:/Users/mohha/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/lib/site-packages/pycuda/driver.py:65) try:
---> [66](file:///C:/Users/mohha/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/lib/site-packages/pycuda/driver.py:66)     from pycuda._driver import *  # noqa
     [67](file:///C:/Users/mohha/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/lib/site-packages/pycuda/driver.py:67) except ImportError as e:
     [68](file:///C:/Users/mohha/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/lib/site-packages/pycuda/driver.py:68)     if "_v2" in str(e):

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _driver: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: windows 10 pro on x64 intel CPU
• CUDA version: 8
• CUDA driver version: 391.35
• PyCUDA version: the latest 2025.1
• Python version: 3.10.11

Additional context
i verified that everything is running as an x64 app including (CUDA toolkit, the driver, python) and even pycuda i recompiled it with MSVC for x64 and still that same error