diff -r d2588e0a4a95 Lib/venv/__init__.py --- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py Tue May 27 21:25:31 2014 +0300 +++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py Tue May 27 19:25:32 2014 +0000 @@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ for suffix in ('python', 'python3'): path = os.path.join(binpath, suffix) if not os.path.exists(path): - os.symlink(exename, path) + src_path = os.path.join(binpath, exename) + copier(src_path, path) else: subdir = 'DLLs' include = self.include_binary