MSBuild should not resolve *.winmd files from C:\Windows\System32\WinMetadata
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
Project file
```xml
net472
10.0.18362.0
```
Command line
```
msbuild /bl /r
```
### Expected behavior
Should resolve Windows.Data from somewhere
### Actual behavior
Doesn't resolve from anywhere
Attempts to resolve from C:\Windows\System32\WinMetadata but that location is inaccessible from a 32-bit process, and Windows has removed the files from C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WinMetadata
OS info:
1903 (18362.116)
We have discovered that starting with 1903 Windows no longer places these *.winmd files in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WinMetadata, and so 32-bit MSBuild no longer resolves references such as from that folder.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/winprog64/file-system-redirector
https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/blob/7708b265eaf4d210ded52d3db3c7905d8e56dd39/src/Tasks/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets#L88-L97
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