Virtualenv keeps loading global site packages on Windows

Question

I\'ve looked around on SO, and the answers I have found to my problem haven\'t allowed me to solve it yet.

I want to use isolated virtualenv environments, but for one re

Answer 1

A little bit of extra .bat hackery can easily fix this. My standard additions to activate.bat are:

REM custom venv settings
set PYTHONPATH=%\VIRTUAL_ENV%;%\VIRTUAL_ENV%\conf;%\VIRTUAL_ENV%\apps
set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings

ftype Python.File=%VIRTUAL_ENV%\Scripts\python.exe %1 %*

and to deactivate.bat

REM restore ftype
ftype Python.File=C:\tools\Python27\python.exe %1 %*