Consider switching to windows crate

[thewh1teagle]

I found that you use winapi-rs crate for windows related functions which is not updated (2 years already).
Microsoft released official windows crate for rust for winapi.

I used it in my project for similar things (dpapi) in this project:

[brotskydotcom]

Thanks for this suggestion.

While I agree the Microsoft windows crate looks promising, it hasn't reached a level of stability that makes me want to do the porting work. The fact that the winapi-rs crate has not been updated in 2 years is, I believe, simply an artifact of its robustness and the stability of the windows APIs it wraps.

At this point, I think I will hold off until one of the following happens:

• Microsoft releases v1.0 of the windows crate (or otherwise warrants its stability).
• Someone reports a bug in this crate that stems from use of winapi-rs and is fixed in the Microsoft windows crate.
• Someone reports an incompatibility between winapi-rs and other crates that doesn't repro with the Microsoft windows crate.

I am going to leave this bug open pending one of these events. If you are highly motivated to see this crate use the Microsoft windows crate, feel free to submit a PR with the port, and I'll take a look.