1. Start emacs with 'emacs -Q' 2. M-x eval-expression (json-serialize '()) RET 3. Switch to *Messages* buffer, note message 'jansson library not found' The jansson library is required for native JSON support which is required for lsp-mode. Without the library, lsp-mode does not work correctly, specifically with clangd for C++ development. Copying libjansson-4.dll from another project (e.g. mingw64) into the bin directory and restarting emacs restores lsp-mode functionality. It would seem that libjansson*.dll is missing from the Windows installer. In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2020-06-26 built on CIRROCUMULUS Repository revision: ffb89ed5f07491e33fc79d8b4be49d9deba2ad4a Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.17763 System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (v10.0.1809.17763.1217) Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Mark set jansson library not found Configured using: 'configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --without-compress-install -C 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g3'' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND NOTIFY W32NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 HARFBUZZ ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS MODULES THREADS JSON PDUMPER LCMS2 GMP Important settings: value of $LANG: ENG locale-coding-system: cp1252 Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: (only . t) Load-path shadows: c:/Program Files/emacs/x86_64/share/emacs/28.0.50/lisp/mail/metamail hides c:/Program Files/emacs/x86_64/share/emacs/28.0.50/lisp/obsolete/metamail Features: (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message rmc puny dired dired-loaddefs rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec password-cache epa derived epg epg-config gnus-util rmail rmail-loaddefs text-property-search time-date subr-x seq byte-opt gv bytecomp byte-compile cconv mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader cl-loaddefs cl-lib sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp disp-table term/w32-win w32-win w32-vars term/common-win tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list replace newcomment text-mode elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page tab-bar menu-bar rfn-eshadow isearch timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core term/tty-colors frame minibuffer cl-generic cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese composite charscript charprop case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev obarray cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote threads w32notify w32 lcms2 multi-tty make-network-process emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 46798 12186) (symbols 48 6051 1) (strings 32 16837 1949) (string-bytes 1 524687) (vectors 16 9288) (vector-slots 8 124392 10322) (floats 8 25 232) (intervals 56 214 0) (buffers 992 10))