[New-bugs-announce] [issue24584] Windows installer incorrectly detects CRT version on Windows 10

[Steve Dower]

New submission from Steve Dower:

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.

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assignee: steve.dower
components: Installation, Windows
messages: 246425
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: high
severity: normal
status: open
title: Windows installer incorrectly detects CRT version on Windows 10
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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