title: trouble with creating a virtual environment in Windows 8, python 3.3
body: <p>I'm trying to create a virtual environment in Python, but I always get an error no matter how many times I re-install python-setuptools and pip. </p>
  
  <p>My computer is running Windows 8, and I'm using Python 3.3. </p>
  
  <pre><code>E:\Documents\proj&gt;virtualenv venv --distribute
  Using base prefix 'c:\\Python33'
  New python executable in venv\Scripts\python.exe
  Installing setuptools, pip...
    Complete output from command E:\Documents\proj\venv\Scripts\python.exe -c "imp
  ort sys, pip; pip...ll\"] + sys.argv[1:])" setuptools pip:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 1567, in _find_and_load
    File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\pip-1.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip\__init__.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 1567, in _find_and_load
    File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\pip-1.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip\log.py", line 8, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 1567, in _find_and_load
    File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 2696, in &lt;modul
  e&gt;
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 429, in __init_
  _
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 443, in add_ent
  ry
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 1722, in find_i
  n_zip
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 1298, in has_me
  tadata
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 1614, in _has
    File "c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv_suppo
  rt\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pkg_resources.py", line 1488, in _zipin
  fo_name
  AssertionError: c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\EGG-INFO
  \PKG-INFO is not a subpath of c:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.
  3.egg\virtualenv_support\setuptools-2.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl\
  ----------------------------------------
  ...Installing setuptools, pip...done.
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Python33\Scripts\virtualenv-script.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
      load_entry_point('virtualenv==1.11', 'console_scripts', 'virtualenv')()
    File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv.py",
  line 820, in main
      symlink=options.symlink)
    File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv.py",
  line 988, in create_environment
      install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs)
    File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv.py",
  line 956, in install_wheel
      'PIP_NO_INDEX': '1'
    File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\virtualenv-1.11-py3.3.egg\virtualenv.py",
  line 898, in call_subprocess
      % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
  OSError: Command E:\Documents\proj\venv\Scripts\python.exe -c "import sys, pip;
  pip...ll\"] + sys.argv[1:])" setuptools pip failed with error code 1
  </code></pre>