From: Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:56:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Issue #23606: Disable ctypes.util.find_library("c") on Windows so tests are skipped... 
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Issue #23606: Disable ctypes.util.find_library("c") on Windows so tests are skipped while we figure out how best to approach the CRT change
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diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 9c19899da570..9e74ccdbcf40 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ if os.name == "nt":
         elif version <= 13:
             clibname = 'msvcr%d' % (version * 10)
         else:
-            clibname = 'appcrt%d' % (version * 10)
+            # CRT is no longer directly loadable. See issue23606 for the
+            # discussion about alternative approaches.
+            return None
 
         # If python was built with in debug mode
         import importlib.machinery