>>> import win32process 
>>> handle = win32process.CreateProcess('c:\\windows\\notepad.exe','',None,None,0,win32process.CREATE_NO_WINDOW,None,None,win32process.STARTUPINFO()) 
>>> win32process.TerminateProcess(handle[0],0) 
>>> import win32event 
>>> handle = win32process.CreateProcess('c:\\windows\\notepad.exe','',None,None,0,win32process.CREATE_NO_WINDOW,None,None,win32process.STARTUPINFO()) 
>>> win32event.WaitForSingleObject(handle[0],-1) 
0 
 

>>> from ctypes import * 
>>> user32 = windll.LoadLibrary('user32.dll') 
>>> user32.MessageBoxA(0,str.encode('Ctype is cool!'),str.encode('Ctype'),0) 
1