C++ OpenGL GLEW Static Library on Windows 7 MSVC2012 - c++

Question

I am attempting to Compile a simple OpenGL program on windows with statically linked glew32mxsd.lib... I am also working with glfw and if I compile without glew everything works.
I Downloaded the glew src and build the static mx debug library from source. I then copied the resulting glew32mxsd.lib file to my project directory. I am using cmake so my cmake code appears as follows.
SET (GLEW_VERSION 1.9.0)
SET (GLEW_DIRECTORY ${EXTERNAL_LIBS}/glew/${GLEW_VERSION})
SET (GLEW_INCLUDES ${GLEW_DIRECTORY}/include)
SET (GLEW_LIBS ${GLEW_DIRECTORY}/win/${SYSTEM_ARC}/lib)
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${GLEW_INCLUDES})
ADD_EXECUTABLE (myproject ${HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES})
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(engine OpenGL32.lib)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(engine ${GLEW_LIBS}/glew32mxsd.lib)
Also in my source I am using the following in my header
#define GLEW_STATIC
#define GLEW_MX
#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
#ifdef WIN32
#include <GL/wglew.h>
#endif
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
static GLEWContext *glewGetContext()
{
return nullptr;
}
Everything compiles and links without any errors but...
When I run the program I get a memory access error. The call stack is
engine.exe!glewContextInit(GLEWContextStruct * ctx) Line 8912 C
engine.exe!cext::graphics::internal::WindowManager::initGLExtentions() Line 204 C++
engine.exe!cext::graphics::WindowManager::initGLExtentions() Line 273 C++
engine.exe!main(int argc, char * * argv) Line 363 C++
engine.exe!__tmainCRTStartup() Line 536 C
engine.exe!mainCRTStartup() Line 377 C
And looking at line 8912 in glew.c the following line is revealed
CONST_CAST(GLEW_VERSION_4_3) = ( major > 4 ) || ( major == 4 && minor >= 3 ) ? GL_TRUE : GL_FALSE;
My glewInit looks like the following
void initGLExtentions()
{
glewExperimental = true;
GLenum err = glewInit();
if (GLEW_OK != err)
{
printf("Error: %s\n",glewGetErrorString(err));
}
printf("Status: Using GLEW %s\n",glewGetString(GLEW_VERSION));
if (!GLEW_ARB_vertex_buffer_object)
{
printf("VBO not supported\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
...
glfwWindow *window = makeWindow(options,hints);
if (!window)
{
fprintf( stderr, "Failed to open GLFW window\n" );
glfwTerminate();
exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
initGLExtentions();
Using the same code on Mac works without a problem which leads me to believe that it is something to do with the static lib. However even after following all the instructions on the glew website I must be missing something still.
Edit: Additional Information
I ran dependency walker on my application after reading about it in another thread. Running dependency walker on my exe file produces the following missing files
API-MS-WIN-CORE-COM-L1-1-0.DLL
API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-ERROR-L1-1-0.DLL
API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-L1-1-0.DLL
API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-ROBUFFER-L1-1-0.DLL
API-MS-WIN-CORE-WINRT-STRING-L1-1-0.DLL
API-MS-WIN-SHCORE-SCALING-L1-1-0.DLL
DCOMP.DLL
GPSVC.DLL
IESHIMS.DLL
These are called from the USER32.DLL. Are these related to the glew.lib or wglew.lib in anyway?