How would I stop a while loop after n amount of time?

[kif1205]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13293269/how-would-i-stop-a-while-loop-after-n-amount-of-time

from interruptingcow import timeout
try:
with timeout(60*5, exception=RuntimeError):
while True:
test = 0
if test == 5:
break
test = test - 1
except RuntimeError:
pass

[kif1205]

This way only works in linux , not working in Windows