That works
I just verified that my issue is due to a zlib1.dll reference...
Not sure why just yet..but, it's attached as a direct dependency to all of my compiled binaries.
And, of course, the first one it finds is a 64-bit version in my intel wifi directory - hence the 0xc000007b error...
SIDENOTE:
Process Monitor is an excellent tool for tracing failures like this when debugging tools don't provide enough information.