Cleanup some Windows stuff, delete unused functions and kernel32 bindings#26030
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This also unifies the rename implementations, since previously `posix.renameW` used `MoveFileEx` while `posix.renameatW` used `NtOpenFile`/`NtSetInformationFile`. This, in turn, allows the `MoveFileEx` bindings to be deleted as `posix.renameW` was the only usage.
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Contributes towards #4426 (also relevant: #1840)
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pubfunctions (all completely unused by Zig):std.os.accessWstd.os.windows.CreateEventExstd.os.windows.CreateEventExWstd.os.windows.FindClosestd.os.windows.MoveFileExstd.os.windows.MoveFileExWstd.os.windows.GetFileAttributesstd.os.windows.GetFileAttributesWstd.os.windows.VirtualAllocstd.os.windows.VirtualFreestd.os.windows.VirtualQuery