MinGW needs an extra symbol _WIN32_IE defined to a particular value before

[u/mdw/putty] / windows / winstore.c

diff --git a/windows/winstore.c b/windows/winstore.c
index c44a9ce..0e7638f 100644 (file)
--- a/windows/winstore.c
+++ b/windows/winstore.c
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ static HANDLE access_random_seed(int action)
      * versions of Windows.
      */
     if (!tried_shgetfolderpath) {
+       /* This is likely only to bear fruit on systems with IE5+
+        * installed, or WinMe/2K+. There is some faffing with
+        * SHFOLDER.DLL we could do to try to find an equivalent
+        * on older versions of Windows if we cared enough.
+        * However, the invocation below requires IE5+ anyway,
+        * so stuff that. */
        shell32_module = LoadLibrary("SHELL32.DLL");
        if (shell32_module) {
            p_SHGetFolderPath = (p_SHGetFolderPath_t)