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.
	//

# for details on which unmanaged types map to managed types.
$SyscallDefinitions = @'
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr CreateFileW(
  String lpFileName,
  UInt32 dwDesiredAccess,
  UInt32 dwShareMode,
  IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes,
  UInt32 dwCreationDisposition,
  UInt32 dwFlagsAndAttributes,
  IntPtr hTemplateFile
);

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

//sys	ExitProcess(exitcode uint32)
//sys	CreateFile(name *uint16, access uint32, mode uint32, sa *SecurityAttributes, createmode uint32, attrs uint32, templatefile int32) (handle Handle, err error) [failretval==InvalidHandle] = CreateFileW
//sys	readFile(handle Handle, buf []byte, done *uint32, overlapped *Overlapped) (err error) = ReadFile
//sys	writeFile(handle Handle, buf []byte, done *uint32, overlapped *Overlapped) (err error) = WriteFile

//sys	CreateFile(name *uint16, access uint32, mode uint32, sa *SecurityAttributes, createmode uint32, attrs uint32, templatefile Handle) (handle Handle, err error) [failretval==InvalidHandle] = CreateFileW

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