NVIDIA DLSS Plugin 4.5 for UE 5.8 cannot load NGXVulkanRHIPreInit.dll (0xc0000092)

The DLL exists in:
Engine/Plugins/Marketplace/Nvidia/DLSS/Binaries/Win64/

Moving the DLSS plugin from the Engine Plugins folder to the project’s Plugins folder doesn’t help either.

I already tried:

  • adding Unreal Engine folder to Windows Defender exclusions;
  • running Unblock-File in PowerShell;
  • verifying UE installation.

The issue only happens when the DLSS plugin is enabled. My own projects work if DLSS is disabled.

My PC:
Windows 11
RTX 3060 12GB
Ryzen 5 5600G
32GB RAM
Gigabyte B450M S2H

The main issue seems to be that Windows security features detect UnrealEditor-NGXVulkanRHIPreInit.dll as an unsigned DLL (NotSigned) and prevent it from loading.