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Title: Windows installer incorrectly detects CRT version on Windows 10
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Installation, Windows Versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: steve.dower Nosy List: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: high Keywords:

Created on 2015-07-07 16:16 by steve.dower, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg246425 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-07-07 16:16
The Windows installer attempts to load one of the public facing API sets to detect the current CRT version. However, on Windows 10, these DLLs are not directly loadable.

We should probably just load ucrtbase.dll directly for the version check.
msg246448 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-07-08 04:26
Committed a fix, but apparently messed up linking back to the issue:

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/60eb61d6fdb4
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/877f47ca3b79
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:18adminsetgithub: 68772
2015-07-08 04:26:58steve.dowersetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg246448

stage: resolved
2015-07-07 16:16:20steve.dowercreate