bpo-39401: Avoid unsafe DLL load on Windows 7 and earlier (GH-18231)
As Windows 7 is not supported by Python 3.9, we just replace the dynamic load with a static import. Backports will have a different fix to ensure they continue to behave the same.
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index f5be8aa..cfab2fa 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
<PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="$(IncludeExternals)">_Py_HAVE_ZLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
</ClCompile>
<Link>
- <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;shlwapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+ <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;shlwapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;pathcch.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
</Link>
</ItemDefinitionGroup>
<ItemGroup>