diff --git a/os/win32/ApacheCore.c b/os/win32/ApacheCore.c
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+/*
+ * Placeholder to force ApacheCore.dll creation with no LNK4001 error
+ *
+ * However, this isn't a bad place to store dynamic-only functions 
+ * that determine which version of apr the application has loaded.
+ * These functions are of (less?) importance to static-bound apps.
+ *
+ * We may also need this hook to play with dll-oriented thread-local
+ * storage for modules on a per-thread DllMain() basis.
+ */
diff --git a/os/win32/libhttpd.c b/os/win32/libhttpd.c
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+++ b/os/win32/libhttpd.c
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+/*
+ * Placeholder to force ApacheCore.dll creation with no LNK4001 error
+ *
+ * However, this isn't a bad place to store dynamic-only functions 
+ * that determine which version of apr the application has loaded.
+ * These functions are of (less?) importance to static-bound apps.
+ *
+ * We may also need this hook to play with dll-oriented thread-local
+ * storage for modules on a per-thread DllMain() basis.
+ */