fix: add workaround for windows store

[koubaa]

The windows store python uses windows secure DLL loading (via the Win32 API SetDefaultDllDirectories), which is not enabled in the python.org distribution. PyMechanical internally changes the process PATH environment variable for DLL loading, which does not work if secure DLL loading is used.

A future version of Mechanical may support secure DLL loading, but for the current releases PyMechanical can work around the issue by calling os.add_dll_directory()

Fixes #1136

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[koubaa]

@klmcadams Are you familiar with this quarto error in the doc build?

2025-04-30T15:47:17.1149867Z       File "/env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/sphinx/events.py", line 415, in emit
2025-04-30T15:47:17.1150252Z         raise ExtensionError(
2025-04-30T15:47:17.1151324Z     sphinx.errors.ExtensionError: Handler <function build_quarto_cheatsheet at 0x7fab935c4360> for event 'builder-inited' threw an exception (exception: Failed to run the command: Command '['quarto', 'remove', 'ansys/pyansys-quarto-cheatsheet', '--no-prompt']' returned non-zero exit status 1.)****

[klmcadams]

@koubaa Is it possible to add tests for this or would we have to download Python from the Windows store?

[koubaa]

@koubaa Is it possible to add tests for this or would we have to download Python from the Windows store?

I asked @MaxJPRey about this. We can't install python from the windows store on our desktops, so we may need a special machine set up to do this

[MaxJPRey]

@koubaa Is it possible to add tests for this or would we have to download Python from the Windows store?

I asked @MaxJPRey about this. We can't install python from the windows store on our desktops, so we may need a special machine set up to do this

Yes, we will test the entire metapackage against the Python distribution provided by Windows store.
@koubaa We will confirm you as soon as it is done.

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Coverage variation	Diff coverage
Report missing for e82df191	✅ 25.00%

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	Coverable lines	Covered lines	Coverage
Common ancestor commit (e82df19)	Report Missing	Report Missing	Report Missing
Head commit (b4a07d1)	2536	2201	86.79%

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	Coverable lines	Covered lines	Diff coverage
Pull request (#1153)	16	4	25.00%

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[MaxJPRey]

Suggested change

	these Paths, but this uses the PATH environment variable which doesn't
	these paths, but this uses the PATH environment variable which doesn't

[MaxJPRey]

LGTM.