diff --git a/Contrib/Dialer/dialer.c b/Contrib/Dialer/dialer.c
index 3744edeb..4d48bd52 100644
--- a/Contrib/Dialer/dialer.c
+++ b/Contrib/Dialer/dialer.c
@@ -16,20 +16,32 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInst, ULONG ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved
  *   LOADER  *
 \*************/
 
-HMODULE hWinInet = NULL;
+HMODULE g_hWinInet = NULL;
 
-// GetProcAddress only takes ANSI.
-FARPROC GetWinInetFunc(char *func) {
-  hWinInet = LoadLibrary(_T("wininet.dll"));
-  if (hWinInet)
-    return GetProcAddress(hWinInet, func);
+HMODULE NSISCALL LoadSystemLibrary(LPCSTR name) {
+  LPCTSTR fmt = sizeof(*fmt) > 1 ? TEXT("%s%S.dll") : TEXT("%s%s.dll"); // The module name is always ANSI
+  BYTE bytebuf[(MAX_PATH+1+20+1+3+!0) * sizeof(*fmt)]; // 20+4 is more than enough for 
+  LPTSTR path = (LPTSTR) bytebuf;                      // the dllnames we are using.
+
+  UINT cch = GetSystemDirectory(path, MAX_PATH);
+  if (cch > MAX_PATH) // MAX_PATH was somehow not large enough and we don't support 
+    cch = 0;          // \\?\ paths so we have to settle for just the name.
+  wsprintf(path + cch, fmt, TEXT("\\") + (!cch || path[cch-1] == '\\'), name);
+
+  return LoadLibrary(path);
+}
+
+FARPROC GetWinInetFunc(LPCSTR funcname) {
+  g_hWinInet = LoadSystemLibrary("WININET");
+  if (g_hWinInet)
+    return GetProcAddress(g_hWinInet, funcname);
   return NULL;
 }
 
 void FreeWinInet() {
-  if (hWinInet)
-    FreeLibrary(hWinInet);
-  hWinInet = NULL;
+  if (g_hWinInet)
+    FreeLibrary(g_hWinInet);
+  g_hWinInet = NULL;
 }
 
 /*************\
diff --git a/Source/exehead/Main.c b/Source/exehead/Main.c
index bdcc1693..8e658dd4 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/Main.c
+++ b/Source/exehead/Main.c
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ EXTERN_C void NSISWinMainNOCRT()
   // are exempt from this requirement and SHELL32 imports from SHLWAPI on 
   // WoW64 systems and it is also on the KnownDLLs list so 
   // SHLWAPI also gets a pass and that just leaves 
+#ifdef NSIS_SUPPORT_GETDLLVERSION
   myGetProcAddress(MGA_GetFileVersionInfo); // VERSION
+#endif
   g_SHGetFolderPath = myGetProcAddress(MGA_SHGetFolderPath); // and SHFOLDER
 
   {
diff --git a/Source/exehead/Ui.c b/Source/exehead/Ui.c
index 618c2558..ccdcdbdd 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/Ui.c
+++ b/Source/exehead/Ui.c
@@ -388,17 +388,17 @@ FORCE_INLINE int NSISCALL ui_doinstall(void)
 
 #ifdef NSIS_CONFIG_LICENSEPAGE
     { // load richedit DLL
-      static const TCHAR riched20[]=_T("RichEd20");
-      static const TCHAR riched32[]=_T("RichEd32");
+      static const CHAR riched20[]=("RichEd20");
+      static const CHAR riched32[]=("RichEd32");
 #ifdef UNICODE
       static const TCHAR richedit20t[]=_T("RichEdit20W");
 #else
       static const TCHAR richedit20t[]=_T("RichEdit20A");
 #endif
       static const TCHAR richedit[]=_T("RichEdit");
-      if (!LoadLibrary(riched20))
+      if (!LoadSystemLibrary(riched20))
       {
-        LoadLibrary(riched32); // Win95 only ships with v1.0, NT4 has v2.0: web.archive.org/web/20030607222419/http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/richedit/richeditcontrols/aboutricheditcontrols.asp
+        LoadSystemLibrary(riched32); // Win95 only ships with v1.0, NT4 has v2.0: web.archive.org/web/20030607222419/http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/richedit/richeditcontrols/aboutricheditcontrols.asp
       }
 
       // make richedit20a/w point to RICHEDIT
diff --git a/Source/exehead/util.c b/Source/exehead/util.c
index c502ad0e..f5c2bfda 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/util.c
+++ b/Source/exehead/util.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,20 @@ struct MGA_FUNC MGA_FUNCS[] = {
 };
 #endif
 
+HMODULE NSISCALL LoadSystemLibrary(LPCSTR name)
+{
+  LPCTSTR fmt = sizeof(*fmt) > 1 ? TEXT("%s%S.dll") : TEXT("%s%s.dll"); // The module name is always ANSI
+  BYTE bytebuf[(MAX_PATH+1+20+1+3+!0) * sizeof(*fmt)]; // 20+4 is more than enough for 
+  LPTSTR path = (LPTSTR) bytebuf;                      // the dllnames we are using.
+
+  UINT cch = GetSystemDirectory(path, MAX_PATH);
+  if (cch > MAX_PATH) // MAX_PATH was somehow not large enough and we don't support 
+    cch = 0;          // \\?\ paths so we have to settle for just the name.
+  wsprintf(path + cch, fmt, TEXT("\\") + (!cch || path[cch-1] == '\\'), name);
+
+  return LoadLibrary(path);
+}
+
 /**
  * Given a function enum, it will load the appropriate DLL and get the
  * process address of the function and return the pointer.  It's up to
@@ -1100,27 +1114,16 @@ struct MGA_FUNC MGA_FUNCS[] = {
  */
 void* NSISCALL myGetProcAddress(const enum myGetProcAddressFunctions func)
 {
-#ifdef UNICODE
-  static const TCHAR dllpathfmt[] = _T("%s%hs.dll"); // Strings in MGA_FUNC are always ANSI
-#else
-  static const TCHAR dllpathfmt[] = _T("%s%s.dll");
-#endif
-  HMODULE hModule;
   const char *dllname = MGA_FUNCS[func].dll;
-  TCHAR buf[MAX_PATH+1+20+4+!0]; // 20+4 is more than enough for the dllnames we are using
+  HMODULE hModule;
 
-  UINT cch = GetSystemDirectory(buf, MAX_PATH);
-  if (cch > MAX_PATH) // MAX_PATH was somehow not large enough and we don't support 
-    cch = 0;          // \\?\ paths so we have to settle for just the name.
-  wsprintf(buf + cch, dllpathfmt, _T("\\") + (!cch || buf[cch-1] == '\\'), dllname);
+  hModule = GetModuleHandleA(dllname);    // Avoid LoadLibrary if possible because 
+  if (!hModule)                           // it can crash on 64-bit dlls if 
+    hModule = LoadSystemLibrary(dllname); // WoW64 FS redirection is off.
 
-  hModule = GetModuleHandleA(dllname); // Avoid LoadLibrary if possible because 
-  if (!hModule)                        // it can crash on 64-bit dlls if 
-    hModule = LoadLibrary(buf);        // WoW64 FS redirection is off.
-  if (!hModule)
-    return (FARPROC) hModule; // Optimized "return NULL;"
-
-  return GetProcAddress(hModule, MGA_FUNCS[func].func);
+  return hModule
+    ? GetProcAddress(hModule, MGA_FUNCS[func].func)
+    : (FARPROC) hModule; // Optimized "return NULL;"
 }
 
 void NSISCALL MessageLoop(UINT uCheckedMsg)
@@ -1136,7 +1139,7 @@ void NSISCALL MessageLoop(UINT uCheckedMsg)
  * the windows call and does the appropriate translation when
  * appropriate.
  *
- * @param dllHandle Handle to the DLL loaded by LoadLibraryEx.
+ * @param dllHandle Handle to the DLL loaded by LoadLibrary[Ex].
  * @param funcName The name of the function to get the address of.
  * @return The pointer to the function.  Null if failure.
  */
diff --git a/Source/exehead/util.h b/Source/exehead/util.h
index 9acf0bc6..e3906723 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/util.h
+++ b/Source/exehead/util.h
@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ enum myGetProcAddressFunctions {
   MGA_InitiateShutdown,
   MGA_SHAutoComplete, // x64 can link to shlwapi directly but as long as MGA_SHGetFolderPath is used we can stick with myGetProcAddress
   MGA_SHGetFolderPath, // TODO: This can probably call something else directly on x64
+#ifdef NSIS_SUPPORT_GETDLLVERSION
   MGA_GetFileVersionInfoSize, // Version.dll exists in all Windows versions, it is delay loaded to avoid DLL hijacking [bug #1125]
   MGA_GetFileVersionInfo,
   MGA_VerQueryValue
+#endif
 };
 
+HMODULE NSISCALL LoadSystemLibrary(LPCSTR name);
 void*NSISCALL myGetProcAddress(const enum myGetProcAddressFunctions func);
 void NSISCALL MessageLoop(UINT uCheckedMsg);
 
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ void NSISCALL MessageLoop(UINT uCheckedMsg);
  * the windows call and does the appropriate translation when
  * appropriate.
  *
- * @param dllHandle Handle to the DLL loaded by LoadLibraryEx.
+ * @param dllHandle Handle to the DLL loaded by LoadLibrary[Ex].
  * @param funcName The name of the function to get the address of.
  * @return The pointer to the function.  Null if failure.
  */