[misc] further Windows 7 specifics removals

* Also remove some unused code in stdlg.c
* Note that virtdisk appears to be a vulnerable library, so we go
  through delay loading yet again...

.mingw/Makefile.am

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ TARGET        := $(word 1,$(subst -, ,$(TUPLE)))
 DEF_SUFFIX    := $(if $(TARGET:x86_64=),.def,.def64)
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: dwmapi-delaylib.lib wintrust-delaylib.lib
+all: dwmapi-delaylib.lib virtdisk-delaylib.lib wintrust-delaylib.lib
 
 %.def64: %.def
 	$(AM_V_SED) "s/@.*//" $< >$@
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ all: dwmapi-delaylib.lib wintrust-delaylib.lib
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) -rf *.lib
-

.mingw/Makefile.in

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ uninstall-am:
 
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: dwmapi-delaylib.lib wintrust-delaylib.lib
+all: dwmapi-delaylib.lib virtdisk-delaylib.lib wintrust-delaylib.lib
 
 %.def64: %.def
 	$(AM_V_SED) "s/@.*//" $< >$@

.mingw/virtdisk.def

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+EXPORTS
+  AttachVirtualDisk@24
+  GetVirtualDiskPhysicalPath@12
+  DetachVirtualDisk@12
+  OpenVirtualDisk@24

.vs/rufus.vcxproj

@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 $(ExternalCompilerOptions) %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 $(ExternalCompilerOptions) %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.15063.0\um\arm</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 $(ExternalCompilerOptions) %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.16299.0\um\arm64</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -229,12 +229,12 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 $(ExternalCompilerOptions) %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX64</TargetMachine>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
       <AdditionalOptions>/BREPRO %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.15063.0\um\arm</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalOptions>/BREPRO %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;ole32.lib;advapi32.lib;gdi32.lib;shell32.lib;comdlg32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.16299.0\um\arm64</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalOptions>/BREPRO %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;ole32.dll;advapi32.dll;gdi32.dll;shell32.dll;comdlg32.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>advapi32.lib;comctl32.lib;comdlg32.lib;crypt32.lib;gdi32.lib;ole32.lib;dwmapi.lib;setupapi.lib;shell32.lib;shlwapi.lib;wintrust.lib;virtdisk.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX64</TargetMachine>
       <AdditionalOptions>/BREPRO %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;comctl32.dll;comdlg32.dll;crypt32.dll;gdi32.dll;ole32.dll;dwmapi.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;wintrust.dll;virtdisk.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>

src/Makefile.am

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = ../.mingw bled ext2fs ms-sys syslinux/libfat syslinux/libinstaller sys
 # As far as I can tell, the following libraries are *not* vulnerable to side-loading, so we link using their regular version:
 NONVULNERABLE_LIBS = -lsetupapi -lole32 -lgdi32 -lshlwapi -lcrypt32 -lcomdlg32 -lcomctl32 -luuid
 # The following libraries are vulnerable (or have an unknown vulnerability status), so we link using our delay-loaded replacement:
-VULNERABLE_LIBS = -ldwmapi-delaylib -lwintrust-delaylib
+VULNERABLE_LIBS = -ldwmapi-delaylib -lvirtdisk-delaylib -lwintrust-delaylib
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = rufus
 

src/Makefile.in

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ SUBDIRS = ../.mingw bled ext2fs ms-sys syslinux/libfat syslinux/libinstaller sys
 # As far as I can tell, the following libraries are *not* vulnerable to side-loading, so we link using their regular version:
 NONVULNERABLE_LIBS = -lsetupapi -lole32 -lgdi32 -lshlwapi -lcrypt32 -lcomdlg32 -lcomctl32 -luuid
 # The following libraries are vulnerable (or have an unknown vulnerability status), so we link using our delay-loaded replacement:
-VULNERABLE_LIBS = -ldwmapi-delaylib -lwintrust-delaylib
+VULNERABLE_LIBS = -ldwmapi-delaylib -lvirtdisk-delaylib -lwintrust-delaylib
 AM_V_WINDRES_0 = @echo "  RC     $@";$(WINDRES)
 AM_V_WINDRES_1 = $(WINDRES)
 AM_V_WINDRES_ = $(AM_V_WINDRES_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))

src/iso.c

@@ -1698,14 +1698,6 @@ BOOL DumpFatDir(const char* path, int32_t cluster)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-// VirtDisk API Prototypes - Only available for Windows 8 or later
-PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, DWORD, OpenVirtualDisk, (PVIRTUAL_STORAGE_TYPE, PCWSTR,
-	VIRTUAL_DISK_ACCESS_MASK, OPEN_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG, POPEN_VIRTUAL_DISK_PARAMETERS, PHANDLE));
-PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, DWORD, AttachVirtualDisk, (HANDLE, PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR,
-	ATTACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG, ULONG, PATTACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_PARAMETERS, LPOVERLAPPED));
-PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, DWORD, DetachVirtualDisk, (HANDLE, DETACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG, ULONG));
-PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, DWORD, GetVirtualDiskPhysicalPath, (HANDLE, PULONG, PWSTR));
-
 static char physical_path[128] = "";
 static HANDLE mounted_handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
@@ -1719,14 +1711,10 @@ char* MountISO(const char* path)
 	wconvert(path);
 	char* ret = NULL;
 
-	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(OpenVirtualDisk, VirtDisk);
-	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(AttachVirtualDisk, VirtDisk);
-	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(GetVirtualDiskPhysicalPath, VirtDisk);
-
 	if ((mounted_handle != NULL) && (mounted_handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE))
 		UnMountISO();
 
-	r = pfOpenVirtualDisk(&vtype, wpath, VIRTUAL_DISK_ACCESS_READ | VIRTUAL_DISK_ACCESS_GET_INFO,
+	r = OpenVirtualDisk(&vtype, wpath, VIRTUAL_DISK_ACCESS_READ | VIRTUAL_DISK_ACCESS_GET_INFO,
 		OPEN_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG_NONE, NULL, &mounted_handle);
 	if (r != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
 		SetLastError(r);
@@ -1735,15 +1723,15 @@ char* MountISO(const char* path)
 	}
 
 	vparams.Version = ATTACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_VERSION_1;
-	r = pfAttachVirtualDisk(mounted_handle, NULL, ATTACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG_READ_ONLY |
+	r = AttachVirtualDisk(mounted_handle, NULL, ATTACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG_READ_ONLY |
 		ATTACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG_NO_DRIVE_LETTER, 0, &vparams, NULL);
 	if (r != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
 		SetLastError(r);
 		uprintf("Could not mount ISO '%s': %s", path, WindowsErrorString());
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	r = pfGetVirtualDiskPhysicalPath(mounted_handle, &size, wtmp);
+	r = GetVirtualDiskPhysicalPath(mounted_handle, &size, wtmp);
 	if (r != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
 		SetLastError(r);
 		uprintf("Could not obtain physical path for mounted ISO '%s': %s", path, WindowsErrorString());
@@ -1761,12 +1749,10 @@ char* MountISO(const char* path)
 
 void UnMountISO(void)
 {
-	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(DetachVirtualDisk, VirtDisk);
-
 	if ((mounted_handle == NULL) || (mounted_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE))
 		goto out;
 
-	pfDetachVirtualDisk(mounted_handle, DETACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG_NONE, 0);
+	DetachVirtualDisk(mounted_handle, DETACH_VIRTUAL_DISK_FLAG_NONE, 0);
 	safe_closehandle(mounted_handle);
 out:
 	physical_path[0] = 0;

src/rufus.c

@@ -3337,7 +3337,6 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
 	char *tmp, *locale_name = NULL, **argv = NULL;
 	wchar_t **wenv, **wargv;
 	PF_TYPE_DECL(CDECL, int, __wgetmainargs, (int*, wchar_t***, wchar_t***, int, int*));
-	PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, BOOL, SetDefaultDllDirectories, (DWORD));
 	HANDLE mutex = NULL, hogmutex = NULL, hFile = NULL;
 	HWND hDlg = NULL;
 	HDC hDC;
@@ -3366,14 +3365,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
 	// 'somelib.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)' must be added to the 'Delay Loaded Dlls' option of
 	// the linker properties in Visual Studio (which means this won't work with MinGW).
 	// For all other DLLs, use SetDefaultDllDirectories(LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32).
-	// Finally, we need to perform the whole gymkhana below, where we can't call on
-	// SetDefaultDllDirectories() directly, because Windows 7 doesn't have the API exposed.
-	// Also, no, Coverity, we never need to care about freeing kernel32 as a library.
-	// coverity[leaked_storage]
-	pfSetDefaultDllDirectories = (SetDefaultDllDirectories_t)
-		GetProcAddress(LoadLibraryW(L"kernel32.dll"), "SetDefaultDllDirectories");
-	if (pfSetDefaultDllDirectories != NULL)
-		pfSetDefaultDllDirectories(LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
+	SetDefaultDllDirectories(LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
 
 	uprintf("*** " APPLICATION_NAME " init ***\n");
 	its_a_me_mario = GetUserNameA((char*)(uintptr_t)&u, &size) && (u == 7104878);

src/rufus.h

@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	DWORD Major;
 	DWORD Minor;
 	DWORD BuildNumber;
+	DWORD Ubr;
 	DWORD Edition;
 	USHORT Arch;
 	char VersionStr[128];
@@ -774,11 +775,6 @@ static __inline HMODULE GetLibraryHandle(char* szLibraryName) {
 		goto out;
 	}
 	h = LoadLibraryExW(wszLibraryName, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
-	// Some Windows 7 platforms (most likely the ones missing KB2533623 per the
-	// official LoadLibraryEx doc) can return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER when using
-	// the Ex() version. If that's the case, fallback to using LoadLibraryW().
-	if ((h == NULL) && (SCODE_CODE(GetLastError()) == ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER))
-		h = LoadLibraryW(wszLibraryName);
 	if (h != NULL)
 		OpenedLibrariesHandle[OpenedLibrariesHandleSize++] = h;
 	else

src/rufus.rc

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 4.0.2036"
+CAPTION "Rufus 4.0.2037"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 4,0,2036,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 4,0,2036,0
+ FILEVERSION 4,0,2037,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 4,0,2037,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -411,13 +411,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://rufus.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "4.0.2036"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "4.0.2037"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "� 2011-2023 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-4.0.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "4.0.2036"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "4.0.2037"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"