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Windows: statically link msvcrt into Java Tools

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Hi!

On Windows, the prebuilt tools in `remote_java_tools_windows` require the Microsoft VC++ Redistributable, for example:
```
external\rules_java++toolchains+remote_java_tools_windows\java_tools\ijar\ijar.exe
external\rules_java++toolchains+remote_java_tools_windows\java_tools\src\tools\singlejar\singlejar_local.exe
external\rules_java++toolchains+remote_java_tools_windows\java_tools\turbine_direct_graal.exe
```

Without the redist installed, these fail due to missing `msvcp140.dll`, `vcruntime140.dll`, `vcruntime140_1.dll` (exit code `-1073741515`).

Would it be possible link the MSVC runtime statically (i.e., `--features=static_link_msvcrt`) for these binaries, or ship the required VC++ runtime DLLs app‑local alongside the executables?

Related issue: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/8328.

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