Enforce minimum Windows API set, and loosen SDK requirement checks#1862
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Enforce a minimum Windows API version of build 16299 (aka '1709', aka 'Redstone 3', aka 'Fall Creators Update'). This was the previous target SDK version before 240f73e changed the native projects to use the latest Windows SDK installed. Setting the TargetPlatformMinVersion property for the native projects will prevent use of APIs newer that the specified version, with newer Windows SDKs. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>
Since we now build with the latest installed Windows SDKs (whilst still enforcing a minimum API compatibility), we can delete this check for a specific Windows SDK installation. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>
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VFS for Git requires the Windows Projected File System ('ProjFS') to function, which was first introduced, in its non-final API design, with Windows 10 build 16299 (aka '1709', 'Redstone 3', 'Fall Creators Update').
Since 240f73e, we now use the latest installed version of the Windows SDK to build the native projects. To prevent accidental use of APIs introduced after 16299, we should set the
TargetPlatformMinVersionproperty to 10.0.16299.0.Whilst we are here, we should also remove the now overzealous checks for the specific Windows SDK in the Build.bat script.
Note that the GitHub
windows-2025runner does not advertise that it has Windows SDK build 16299 installed, but it must do for the current builds to work.