[Python] C program crashes on windows when run from Python program

I'm trying to run a C program from a Python program using subprocess.run() on Windows 11. However when the C program is run using subprocess.run() the C program does not run and returns 3221225781. But when I run the C program directly and not from python it runs fine and prints "Hello World!". Looking online 3221225781 means STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND. I've tried compiling the C program statically so it doesn't require any DLLs using gcc -static -static-libgcc -o test.exe test.c but I still get the same STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND error. The C program is being compiled using gcc installed from mingw.

test.c

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
printf("Hello World!");
return 0;
}


test.py

import subprocess

if __name__ == '__main__':
prog = "./test.exe"
result = subprocess.run(prog)
print(result)

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