Could anybody reopen http://bugs.python.org/issue8766 ? I can't. Reproducible 100% with Python 3.2 and 3.3 (3.1 didn't test). > set PYTHONHOME=C:\ > python BTW, what is the role of PYTHONPATH on Windows? Is it a path for %INSTALLDIR%\Lib\site-packages? -- anatoly t.