preload psapi.dll to avoid lockup when writing minidump file

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      Writing a minidump file involves attaching psapi.dll to the process.
      This is a problem if the process is elsewhere holding the ntdll lock.

      The lock ntdll!LdrpInvertedFunctionTableSRWLock protects DLL import tables.
      This is being held by a thread while we are loading the psapi.dll library to create the minidump.

      Workarounds:

      Attach psapi.dll at startup.

      Generate the minidump with a separate process (which won't have its ntdll import table mutexes held).

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            Billy Donahue
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