From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:51:36 +0000 (-0700) Subject: gh-75608: Add Windows FAQ entry for missing UCRT (GH-92765) X-Git-Tag: v3.10.8~113 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=de9e8aeb4eba7a14a68ba8096bc12b4fd742238c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git gh-75608: Add Windows FAQ entry for missing UCRT (GH-92765) (cherry picked from commit 80bc7d7c0a3f777da244ec79429baf382523b8da) Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> --- diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 4f50b3f1b93f..e9a573da659f 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -276,3 +276,11 @@ How do I check for a keypress without blocking? Use the :mod:`msvcrt` module. This is a standard Windows-specific extension module. It defines a function ``kbhit()`` which checks whether a keyboard hit is present, and ``getch()`` which gets one character without echoing it. + +How do I solve the missing api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll error? +------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This can occur on Python 3.5 and later when using Windows 8.1 or earlier without all updates having been installed. +First ensure your operating system is supported and is up to date, and if that does not resolve the issue, +visit the `Microsoft support page `_ +for guidance on manually installing the C Runtime update.