LoadLibraryExW can be used on UWP from Windows SDK 10.0.22000.0

Author: thexai

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-07-01-17-00-52.gh-issue-152433.kSd1bW.rst

@@ -1 +1 @@
-``_ctypes`` module: improve UWP compatibility.
+Allow build :mod:`!_ctypes` for Universal Windows Platform.

Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c

@@ -1418,14 +1418,10 @@ static PyObject *load_library(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
         return NULL;
 
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-#ifndef MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
-    hMod = LoadPackagedLibrary(name, 0);
-#else
     /* bpo-36085: Limit DLL search directories to avoid pre-loading
      * attacks and enable use of the AddDllDirectory function.
      */
     hMod = LoadLibraryExW(name, NULL, (DWORD)load_flags);
-#endif
     err = hMod ? 0 : GetLastError();
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS