django-admin.py and virtualenv issue on Windows

Question

In my system there is Django 1.2.3 installed system wide:

C:\\>python -c \"import django; print django.get_version()\"
1.2.3
C:\\>django-admin.py --version         


        

Answer 1

As shanyu already explained, it is because of *.py file associations made to your Python install executable instead of your virtualenv. However, to answer your second question differently, I solved this problem by creating a django-admin.bat in my virtualenv's Scripts directory. Its contents?

@echo off
python %VIRTUAL_ENV%\Scripts\django-admin.py %*

Now you can use django-admin startproject . The necessary PATH and VIRTUAL_ENV environment variables should have already been set correctly by virtualenv when you activated the environment.