DLL dependency errors Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2

[sn4p]

I'm using the dlls (CORE_RL_MAGICK_.dll etc.) for image manipulation. It works in Windows 7 but it is broken on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. I have even compiled the dlls from source using Visual Studio 2013 on a Windows 8.1 machine, but the dlls still have missing dependencies. If I open theCORE_RL_MAGICK_.dll in Dependency Walker I get the following missing dlls:

•API-MS-WIN-CORE-KERNEL32-PRIVATE-L1-1-1.DLL
•API-MS-WIN-CORE-PRIVATEPROFILE-L1-1-1.DLL
•API-MS-WIN-CORE-SHUTDOWN-L1-1-1.DLL
•API-MS-WIN-SERVICE-PRIVATE-L1-1-1.DLL
•EXT-MS-WIN-NTUSER-UICONTEXT-EXT-L1-1-0.DLL

Some of the dlls are found in SysWow64\downlevel but it still doesn't work even if I move them to system32. They show up as x86 instead of x64 in dependency walker.

I though it was something simple like installing Visual Studio Redist. pack. but it doesn't fix the problem. I've googled it and found other similar problems from other people using different dlls with win8.1. I personally think it has something to do that the dlls are using deprecated foundation classes or something.

I have tried version 6.9.1 and 6.7.1 and the bug is present in both versions, so I assume it exists in every version of ImageMagick.

I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated.

[dlemstra]

Which version of the Visual Studio C++ redistributable pack did you install?