[ruby-core:77103] [Ruby trunk Bug#12371] Windows Nano Server WIN32OLE compatibility

Issue #12371 has been updated by Ethan Brown.


Masaki - have you had a chance to look at this?  The Nano Server RTM is due out soon, and it will fail when `OleInitialize` is called.

At that point, the Ruby `WIN32OLE` support will cease to work on Nano.

Anything that can be done to address that prior to it failing in the wild would be great.


Thanks!



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Bug #12371: Windows Nano Server WIN32OLE compatibility
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12371#change-60324

* Author: Alessandro Pilotti
* Status: Assigned
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Masaki Suketa
* ruby -v: 
* Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN
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The `OleInitialize()` call used in WIN32OLE is not supported on Nano Server due to the fact that the STA COM model is not available:

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/32674b167bddc0d737c38f84722986b0f228b44b/ext/win32ole/win32ole.c#L820

As an alternative, `CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED)` can be called when running on Nano Server, thus ensuring both compatibility with the preexisting behaviour and support for Nano Server.




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