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Hey mate, what library am I importing because it fails to build.

I get the following errors:

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `Windows` in `bindings`
 --> src\main.rs:6:15
  |
6 | use bindings::Windows::Win32::System::SystemServices::PWSTR;       
  |               ^^^^^^^ could not find `Windows` in `bindings`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `Windows` in `bindings`
 --> src\main.rs:7:15
  |
7 | use bindings::Windows::Win32::UI::Shell::ShellExecuteW;
  |               ^^^^^^^ could not find `Windows` in `bindings`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: could not find `Windows` in `bindings`
 --> src\main.rs:8:15
  |
8 | use bindings::Windows::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::HWND;
  |               ^^^^^^^ could not find `Windows` in `bindings`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: use of undeclared crate or module `windows`
 --> src\main.rs:3:5
  |
3 |     windows::include_bindings!();
  |     ^^^^^^^ use of undeclared crate or module `windows`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: use of undeclared crate or module `windows`
  --> src\main.rs:12:5
   |
12 |     windows::initialize_sta().unwrap();
   |     ^^^^^^^ use of undeclared crate or module `windows`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: use of undeclared type `HWND`
  --> src\main.rs:13:36
   |
13 |     let r = unsafe { ShellExecuteW(HWND::NULL, "runas", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", PWSTR::NULL, PWSTR::NULL, 1) };
   |                                    ^^^^ use of undeclared type `HWND`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: use of undeclared type `PWSTR`
  --> src\main.rs:13:91
   |
13 |     let r = unsafe { ShellExecuteW(HWND::NULL, "runas", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", PWSTR::NULL, PWSTR::NULL, 1) };
   |                                                                                           ^^^^^ use of undeclared type `PWSTR`

error[E0433]: failed to resolve: use of undeclared type `PWSTR`
  --> src\main.rs:13:104
   |
13 |     let r = unsafe { ShellExecuteW(HWND::NULL, "runas", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", PWSTR::NULL, PWSTR::NULL, 1) };
   |                                                                                                        ^^^^^ use of undeclared type `PWSTR`

error[E0425]: cannot find function, tuple struct or tuple variant `ShellExecuteW` in this scope
  --> src\main.rs:13:22
   |
13 |     let r = unsafe { ShellExecuteW(HWND::NULL, "runas", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", PWSTR::NULL, PWSTR::NULL, 1) };
   |                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in this scope

error: aborting due to 9 previous errors

Some errors have detailed explanations: E0425, E0433.
For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0425`.
error: could not compile `learning`

To learn more, run the command again with --verbose.

after using your code:

mod bindings {
    windows::include_bindings!();
}

use bindings::Windows::Win32::System::SystemServices::PWSTR;
use bindings::Windows::Win32::UI::Shell::ShellExecuteW;
use bindings::Windows::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::HWND;

fn main() {
    windows::initialize_sta().unwrap();
    let r = unsafe { ShellExecuteW(HWND::NULL, "runas", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", PWSTR::NULL, PWSTR::NULL, 1) };
    if r.0 < 32 {
        println!("error: {:?}", r);
    }
}