Problems running VirtualEnv under Windows.

[ashconnor]

Hello,

After reading 'Practical Django Projects' I decided that I want to
implement the VirtualEnv tip suggested in order to properly segregate
code/modules in different projects. I am however having problems with
my django installations not using site-packages within the virtualenv
but rather attempting to use site-packages in the default python
installation directory.

Recreating the problem:

1) Install Python 2.7 via the Windows installer. Add C:/Python27;C:/
Python27/Scripts to Windows PATH.
2) Install setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg via the Windows installer.
3) Install VirtualEnv through `pip install virtualenv`
4) Create an VirtualEnv via `virtualenv --no-site-packages MyEnvName`
5) Activate VirtualEnv via `../MyEnvName/Scripts/activate.bat`
6) Install django via `pip install django`
7) Run django-admin.py startproject ProjectName
8) Error results stating django.core module does not exist.

NB: This error will not occur if django is installed in your root
directory.
NB2: Running the Python interpreter in active VirtualEnv to print the
sys.path shows the correct paths. Which has just futher added to my
confusion.

I'd appreciate any insight or troubleshooting assistance.

Thanks

Ash