TBB on Windows XP (using in OpenCV) - error entry point InitializeCriticalSectionEx - c++

Question

I tried to compile TBB which I want to use on OpenCV. I am using Windows XP and Visual Studio 2010 C++. When I compiled TBB 4.4 I got the error
"The procedure entry point InitializeCriticalSectionEx could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll."
The error is similar but under little different conditions like here:
http://answers.opencv.org/question/6151/opencv_createsamplesexe-entry-point-problem-with-xp/
In my case I cannot run the program at all. I tried the solution described there, so I renamed InitializeCriticalSectionEx to InitializeCriticalSection and removed parameter 2 and 3.
OpenCV claimes the bug is not on their side. I know OpenCV uses this:
#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600)
InitializeCriticalSectionEx(&cs, 1000, 0);
#else
InitializeCriticalSection(&cs);
#endif
I know this should not make any problems but I commented some lines to keep InitializeCriticalSection(&cs); only. I recompiled the OpenCV and still the same error. Finally I have found in TTB:
tbb44_20160627oss\include\tbb\machine\windows_api.h
__TBB_WINBASEAPI BOOL WINAPI TryEnterCriticalSection( LPCRITICAL_SECTION );
__TBB_WINBASEAPI BOOL WINAPI InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount( LPCRITICAL_SECTION, DWORD );
// Overloading WINBASEAPI macro and using local functions missing in Windows XP/2003
#define InitializeCriticalSectionEx inlineInitializeCriticalSectionEx
I also find the word "InitializeCriticalSectionEx" in opencv_core310d.dll and opencv_core310.dll. Does the overload really work and why I got the error? How could I fix it?
Update:
the definition in OpenCV
#ifndef _WIN32_WINNT // This is needed for the declaration of TryEnterCriticalSection in winbase.h with Visual Studio 2005 (and older?)
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400 // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686857(VS.85).aspx
#endif

Answer 1

"The procedure entry point InitializeCriticalSectionEx could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll."
This is a standard error that Windows displays when you try to run a program that contains a statically-bound call to a function in a DLL that does not exist.
The InitializeCriticalSectionEx function is not available on Windows XP, but the version of the library that you have contains code that calls this function.
OpenCV claimes the bug is not on their side. I know OpenCV uses this:
#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600)
InitializeCriticalSectionEx(&cs, 1000, 0);
#else
InitializeCriticalSection(&cs);
#endif
OpenCV's workaround is a compile-time solution. It determines at the point when the library is compiled which version of Windows is being targeted, and uses that information to generate a call to the appropriate version of the function.
There are two possibilities for why this is going wrong in your case:
You are using the OpenCV library in binary form, and the binary that you have was compiled to target Windows Vista and later. You can solve this by obtaining the source code for OpenCV and compiling it yourself, either as a DLL or a static library.
You are compiling with _WIN32_WINNT set to 0x0600 or later. By default, the Windows headers define this symbol to the latest available version. You have to explicitly define an earlier target version if you want it. To arrange for targeting Windows XP, add the following code at the top of your code file (probably in your precompiled header):
#include <WinSDKVer.h>
#define _WIN32_WINNT _WIN32_WINNT_WINXP
#include <SDKDDKVer.h>