Can't import ctypes from Blender's Python I'm having trouble importing the ctypes Python module from a 32-bit installation of Blender 2.73 on Windows. I need to use Blender's included Python, not the system Python. From the interactive console inside the Blender GUI with no project or anything loaded, I get the following error:

&gt;&gt;&gt; import ctypes
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "&lt;blender_console&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.73\python\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.


My Windows installation is 64-bit but I figured that shouldn't matter given that I'm running Python from a 32-bit installation of Blender and ctypes is part of the initial installation.

I have a feeling that the issue is specific to Windows because I cannot reproduce the issue on 64-bit Ubuntu.

Any ideas?
This is a known bug in 2.73 and 2.73a:

https://developer.blender.org/T43961

Blender 2.74, 2.75 and 2.76 should work. adding the missing _ctypes python module (_ctypes.pyd) from these versions to 2.73 should also work.