To make it easier to restrict your code to Win32 APIs that are supported in the core OS, we provide a series of umbrella libraries. For example, an umbrella library named OneCore.lib provides the exports for the subset of Win32 APIs that are common to all Windows 10 devices.

The APIs in an umbrella library may be implemented across a range of modules. The umbrella library abstracts those details away from you, making your code more portable across Windows 10 versions and devices. Instead of linking to libraries such as kernel32.lib and advapi32.lib, simply link your desktop app or driver with the umbrella library that contains the set of core OS APIs that you're interested in.

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2 question, please understand that "api-ms-win-core-console-l3-2-0.dll" is a contract but NOT a DLL file. There is no way to include a contract in the vcredist package, but Windows system will redirect your API call to the appropriate DLL entries in runtime.

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Errors related to api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll can arise for a few different different reasons. For instance, a faulty application, api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll has been deleted or misplaced, corrupted by malicious software present on your PC or a damaged Windows registry.

The most commonly occurring error messages are:

• The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
• There was a problem starting api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll. The specified module could not be found.
• Error loading api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll. The specified module could not be found.
• The code execution cannot proceed because api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
• api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vender for support.

In the vast majority of cases, the solution is to properly reinstall api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll on your PC, to the Windows system folder. Alternatively, some programs, notably PC games, require that the DLL file is placed in the game/application installation folder.