[issue19790] ctypes can't load a c++ dll if the dll calls COM on Windows 8

[yinkaisheng]

New submission from yinkaisheng:

I created a c++ dll project that calls COM.
cyptes works well with the dll on Windows XP(SP3) and Windows 7.
But it can't load the dll on windows 8. 
The function ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary doesn't return when I call it to load the dll on Windows 8.

The version of my Python is 2.7.6
The version of my Windows 8 is 6.2.9200.16384

I uploaded a sample dll project created by VS2012 as the attachment.
Here are the c++ codes

// dllmain.cpp :
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <Windows.h>

#include <UIAutomation.h>
IUIAutomation *g_pAutomation = NULL;

#define DLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
                       DWORD  ul_reason_for_call,
                       LPVOID lpReserved
					 )
{
	switch (ul_reason_for_call)
	{
	case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
		{
			if (NULL == g_pAutomation)
			{
				CoInitialize(NULL);
				HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(CUIAutomation), NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, __uuidof(IUIAutomation), (void**)&g_pAutomation);
			}
			break;
		}
	case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
		{
			break;
		}
	case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
		{
			break;
		}
	case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
		{
			if (g_pAutomation)
			{
				g_pAutomation->Release();
				CoUninitialize();
			}
			break;
		}
	}
	return TRUE;
}


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

	DLL_EXPORT int AddTwoNumber(int a, int b)
	{
		return a + b;
	}

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

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components: ctypes
files: TestDll.rar
messages: 204454
nosy: yinkaisheng
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: ctypes can't load a c++ dll if the dll calls COM on Windows 8
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file32849/TestDll.rar

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