After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn't start

MartinBorus

BPO	41412
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @ambv, @zware, @eryksun, @zooba, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-41412 and bpo-40948: Windows installer updates #21656 [3.9] bpo-41412 and bpo-40948: Windows installer updates (GH-21656) #21661

^{Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.}

Show more details

GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/zooba'
closed_at = <Date 2020-09-14.23:58:26.352>
created_at = <Date 2020-07-27.17:07:35.310>
labels = ['3.10', 'deferred-blocker', 'OS-windows', 'type-crash', '3.9']
title = 'After installation on Windows7, 64bit Python 3.9.0b5 reports "api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll" missing and doesn\'t start'
updated_at = <Date 2020-09-14.23:58:26.350>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/MartinBorus'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-09-14.23:58:26.350>
actor = 'steve.dower'
assignee = 'steve.dower'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2020-09-14.23:58:26.352>
closer = 'steve.dower'
components = ['Windows']
creation = <Date 2020-07-27.17:07:35.310>
creator = 'Martin Borus'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 41412
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 9.0
messages = ['374403', '374404', '374411', '374437', '374504', '374506', '374510', '376888', '376917']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'lukasz.langa', 'zach.ware', 'eryksun', 'steve.dower', 'miss-islington', 'Martin Borus']
pr_nums = ['21656', '21661']
priority = 'deferred blocker'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'crash'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41412'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']