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Load on Windows 10: bootstrap the framework without Windows 11-only imports - #9
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The bootstrap no longer imports the Windows 11 dynamic dependency API, so the executable loads on Windows 10 again. Builds before Windows 11 24H1 need Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll beside the executable for the GUI.
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Summary
TryCreatePackageDependencyandAddPackageDependencystatically, and those exist only on Windows 11. That took down CLI mode and the runtime check too.kernelbase.dllexportsTryCreatePackageDependency2), the same gate Windows App SDK's own bootstrapper uses.Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dllfrom the executable's directory and callsMddBootstrapInitialize2.Bootstrap.dllrequirement before 24H1.Fork change: libnyanpasu/windows-rs
nyanpasuatd1574fd(one commit; to be added as patch 8 in #2).This makes CLI mode work on Windows 10 again. The GUI there also needs
Bootstrap.dllbeside the executable; clash-nyanpasu will bundle the published one. DDLM detection inruntime_checkand testing on a real Windows 10 machine are tracked in #8, so this PR does not close #7.Behavior change: Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 also take the bootstrapper path now, as in Windows App SDK's bootstrapper.
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cargo test -p enable-loopback(53), clippy-D warnings, fmt--features test(305 + 6 + 75), clippy-D warningsapi-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-5.dllBootstrap.dllthe GUI reports "Could not load Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll … (0x8007007E)"; with it (Foundation 2.3.12 x64), the DLL loads and the window rendersBootstrap.dll(DDLM path)Bootstrap.dllscripts/gui-smoke.ps1stops atMissing header Display name ▲on the 0.1.4 build as well. That assertion predates the sort-glyph change, and this PR does not touch it.