From 0f03a9630d57378711f2ee76a4acf7a2a933c807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moi15moi <moi15moismokerlolilol@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:20:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [__init__.py] Use WinDLL/OleDLL instead of windll/oledll

---
 comtypes/__init__.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comtypes/__init__.py b/comtypes/__init__.py
index 9646695d..33574462 100644
--- a/comtypes/__init__.py
+++ b/comtypes/__init__.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 from ctypes import *  # noqa
 from ctypes import HRESULT  # noqa
 from ctypes import _Pointer, _SimpleCData  # noqa
-from ctypes import c_int, c_ulong, oledll, windll
-from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD  # noqa
+from ctypes import c_int, c_ulong, OleDLL, WinDLL
+from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, LPVOID  # noqa
 import logging
 import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -121,8 +121,18 @@ class ReturnHRESULT(Exception):
 
 ################################################################
 # Initialization and shutdown
-_ole32 = oledll.ole32
-_ole32_nohresult = windll.ole32  # use this for functions that don't return a HRESULT
+_ole32 = OleDLL("ole32")
+
+_CoInitializeEx = _ole32.CoInitializeEx
+_CoInitializeEx.argtypes = [LPVOID, DWORD]
+_CoInitializeEx.restype = HRESULT
+
+_ole32_nohresult = WinDLL("ole32")  # use this for functions that don't return a HRESULT
+
+_CoUninitialize = _ole32_nohresult.CoUninitialize
+_CoUninitialize.argtypes = []
+_CoUninitialize.restype = None
+
 
 COINIT_MULTITHREADED = 0x0
 COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED = 0x2
@@ -138,7 +148,7 @@ def CoInitializeEx(flags=None):
     if flags is None:
         flags = getattr(sys, "coinit_flags", COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED)
     logger.debug("CoInitializeEx(None, %s)", flags)
-    _ole32.CoInitializeEx(None, flags)
+    _CoInitializeEx(None, flags)
 
 
 # COM is initialized automatically for the thread that imports this
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ def CoInitializeEx(flags=None):
 # in which we are using COM
 def CoUninitialize():
     logger.debug("CoUninitialize()")
-    _ole32_nohresult.CoUninitialize()
+    _CoUninitialize()
 
 
 ################################################################

From 5ac0b70b6809fabbaf5fcc0f98e718644431a14d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moi15moi <moi15moismokerlolilol@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:23:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [_comobject.py] Import _CoUninitialize

---
 comtypes/_comobject.py | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comtypes/_comobject.py b/comtypes/_comobject.py
index e808b644..69b889f8 100644
--- a/comtypes/_comobject.py
+++ b/comtypes/_comobject.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 )
 from typing import Union as _UnionT
 
-from comtypes import GUID, IPersist, IUnknown, hresult
+from comtypes import GUID, IPersist, IUnknown, _CoUninitialize, hresult
 from comtypes._vtbl import _MethodFinder, create_dispimpl, create_vtbl_mapping
 from comtypes.automation import DISPID, DISPPARAMS, EXCEPINFO, VARIANT
 from comtypes.errorinfo import ISupportErrorInfo
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ def _InterlockedDecrement(ob: c_long) -> int:
     LONG  # technically, it is a HRESULT, but we want to avoid the OSError
 )
 
-_CoUninitialize = _ole32_nohresult.CoUninitialize
-_CoUninitialize.argtypes = []
-_CoUninitialize.restype = None
-
 _CoAddRefServerProcess = _ole32.CoAddRefServerProcess
 _CoAddRefServerProcess.argtypes = []
 _CoAddRefServerProcess.restype = ULONG

From 46c3971713c96d52e0082fa13cff4622541d432e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moi15moi <moi15moismokerlolilol@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:24:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [_post_coinit\unknwn.py] Import _CoUninitialize

---
 comtypes/_post_coinit/unknwn.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/comtypes/_post_coinit/unknwn.py b/comtypes/_post_coinit/unknwn.py
index 6de21da5..e1e29c2e 100644
--- a/comtypes/_post_coinit/unknwn.py
+++ b/comtypes/_post_coinit/unknwn.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from ctypes import HRESULT, POINTER, byref, c_ulong, c_void_p
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar, List, Optional, Type, TypeVar
 
-from comtypes import GUID, _ole32_nohresult, com_interface_registry
+from comtypes import GUID, _CoUninitialize, com_interface_registry
 from comtypes._memberspec import STDMETHOD, ComMemberGenerator, DispMemberGenerator
 from comtypes._post_coinit import _cominterface_meta_patcher as _meta_patch
 from comtypes._post_coinit.instancemethod import instancemethod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 def _shutdown(
-    func=_ole32_nohresult.CoUninitialize,
+    func=_CoUninitialize,
     _debug=logger.debug,
     _exc_clear=getattr(sys, "exc_clear", lambda: None),
 ):