if err == windows.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER {
		// Console handles, like "\\.\con", require generic read access. See
		// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilew#consoles.
		// We haven't set it previously because it is normally not required
		// to read attributes and some files may not allow it.

	// FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT flag when opening the file if it is a reparse
	// point.”
	//
	// And per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilew,
	// “If the file is not a reparse point, then this flag is ignored.”
	//
	// So we set FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT unconditionally, since we want
	// information about the reparse point itself.
	//

	procCreateFileMappingW                                   = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateFileMappingW")
	procCreateFileW                                          = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateFileW")
	procCreateHardLinkW                                      = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateHardLinkW")
	procCreateIoCompletionPort                               = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateIoCompletionPort")