Firestore: Windows "unresolved external symbol" link errors: __imp_SymSetOptions, __imp_SymInitialize, __imp_SymFromAddr, BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider, BCryptCloseAlgorithmProvider, BCryptGenRandom

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[REQUIRED] Please fill in the following fields:

• Which Firebase Sample: Firestore
• Firebase C++ SDK version: 12.5.0
• Additional SDKs you are using: none
• Platform you are using the SDK on: Windows
• Platform you are targeting: Windows Desktop

[REQUIRED] Please describe the issue here:

Build fails with "unresolved external symbol" link errors for symbols: __imp_SymSetOptions, __imp_SymInitialize, __imp_SymFromAddr, BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider, BCryptCloseAlgorithmProvider, BCryptGenRandom

Steps to reproduce:

Prerequisites:

• Visual Studio 2022 Community edition has been installed
• Firebase CPP SDK v12.5.0 has been downloaded and unzipped into the directory c:\Users\foouser\firebase_cpp_sdk
• The google-services.json file has been downloaded from the Firebase console and is located in the directory c:\users\foouser
• The commands below are run in a Visual Studio command prompt; alternately, open a vanilla Command Prompt and run: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat"

Run these commands in a Command Prompt:

git clone https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-cpp.git
cd quickstart-cpp/firestore/testapp
copy c:\users\foouser\google-services.json
cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DFIREBASE_CPP_SDK_DIR=c:\Users\foouser\firebase_cpp_sdk
cmake --build build --config Debug

Expected Results:

Build succeeds

Actual Results:

Build fails with this error:

firebase_firestore.lib(7253c3fdc9ea1e17e3d358afbb5787d8_absl_symbolize.dir_Debug_symbolize.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_SymSetOptions referenced in function "void __cdecl f_b_absl::lts_20240116::InitializeSymbolizer(char const *)" (?InitializeSymbolizer@lts_20240116@f_b_absl@@YAXPEBD@Z) [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]
firebase_firestore.lib(7253c3fdc9ea1e17e3d358afbb5787d8_absl_symbolize.dir_Debug_symbolize.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_SymInitialize referenced in function "void __cdecl f_b_absl::lts_20240116::InitializeSymbolizer(char const *)" (?InitializeSymbolizer@lts_20240116@f_b_absl@@YAXPEBD@Z) [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]
firebase_firestore.lib(7253c3fdc9ea1e17e3d358afbb5787d8_absl_symbolize.dir_Debug_symbolize.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_SymFromAddr referenced in function "bool __cdecl f_b_absl::lts_20240116::Symbolize(void const *,char *,int)" (?Symbolize@lts_20240116@f_b_absl@@YA_NPEBXPEADH@Z) [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]
firebase_firestore.lib(d72f1e28510793745cdd9199e7b30852_absl_random_internal_seed_material.dir_Debug_seed_material.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider referenced in function "bool __cdecl f_b_absl::lts_20240116::random_internal::`anonymous namespace'::ReadSeedMaterialFromOSEntropyImpl(class f_b_absl::lts_20240116::Span<unsigned int>)" (?ReadSeedMaterialFromOSEntropyImpl@?A0x37b510a3@random_internal@lts_20240116@f_b_absl@@YA_NV?$Span@I@34@@Z) [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]
firebase_firestore.lib(d72f1e28510793745cdd9199e7b30852_absl_random_internal_seed_material.dir_Debug_seed_material.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol BCryptCloseAlgorithmProvider referenced in function "bool __cdecl f_b_absl::lts_20240116::random_internal::`anonymous namespace'::ReadSeedMaterialFromOSEntropyImpl(class f_b_absl::lts_20240116::Span<unsigned int>)" (?ReadSeedMaterialFromOSEntropyImpl@?A0x37b510a3@random_internal@lts_20240116@f_b_absl@@YA_NV?$Span@I@34@@Z) [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]
firebase_firestore.lib(d72f1e28510793745cdd9199e7b30852_absl_random_internal_seed_material.dir_Debug_seed_material.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol BCryptGenRandom referenced in function "bool __cdecl f_b_absl::lts_20240116::random_internal::`anonymous namespace'::ReadSeedMaterialFromOSEntropyImpl(class f_b_absl::lts_20240116::Span<unsigned int>)" (?ReadSeedMaterialFromOSEntropyImpl@?A0x37b510a3@random_internal@lts_20240116@f_b_absl@@YA_NV?$Span@I@34@@Z) [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]
C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\Debug\desktop_testapp.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 6 unresolved externals [C:\Users\foouser\work\quickstart-cpp\firestore\testapp\build\desktop_testapp.vcxproj]