diff -r c8ba6df39b25 .gitignore
--- a/.gitignore	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/.gitignore	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@
 TAGS
 .coverage
 coverage/
+externals/
 htmlcov/
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 .hgignore
--- a/.hgignore	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/.hgignore	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 Programs/_testembed
 .coverage
 coverage/
+externals/
 htmlcov/
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 Lib/tkinter/_fix.py
--- a/Lib/tkinter/_fix.py	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/_fix.py	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 
 prefix = os.path.join(sys.base_prefix,"tcl")
 if not os.path.exists(prefix):
-    # devdir/../tcltk/lib
-    prefix = os.path.join(sys.base_prefix, os.path.pardir, "tcltk", "lib")
+    # devdir/externals/tcltk/lib
+    prefix = os.path.join(sys.base_prefix, "externals", "tcltk", "lib")
     prefix = os.path.abspath(prefix)
 # if this does not exist, no further search is needed
 if os.path.exists(prefix):
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 PCbuild/get_externals.bat
--- a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 setlocal
 rem Simple script to fetch source for external libraries
 
-pushd "%~dp0..\.."
+if not exist "%~dp0..\externals" mkdir "%~dp0..\externals"
+pushd "%~dp0..\externals"
 
 if "%SVNROOT%"=="" set SVNROOT=http://svn.python.org/projects/external/
 
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 PCbuild/pyproject.props
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <PyDllName>python35$(PyDebugExt)</PyDllName>
     <PythonExe>$(OutDir)python$(PyDebugExt).exe</PythonExe>
     <KillPythonExe>$(OutDir)kill_python$(PyDebugExt).exe</KillPythonExe>
-    <externalsDir>..\..</externalsDir>
+    <externalsDir>..\externals</externalsDir>
     <sqlite3Dir>$(externalsDir)\sqlite-3.8.3.1</sqlite3Dir>
     <bz2Dir>$(externalsDir)\bzip2-1.0.6</bz2Dir>
     <lzmaDir>$(externalsDir)\xz-5.0.5</lzmaDir>
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 PCbuild/readme.txt
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 directory.  This script extracts all the external sub-projects from
     http://svn.python.org/projects/external
 via Subversion (so you'll need svn.exe on your PATH) and places them
-in ..\.. (relative to this directory).
+in ..\externals (relative to this directory).
 
 It is also possible to download sources from each project's homepage,
 though you may have to change folder names or pass the names to MSBuild
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 Tools/buildbot/test-amd64.bat
--- a/Tools/buildbot/test-amd64.bat	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/Tools/buildbot/test-amd64.bat	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 setlocal
 rem The following line should be removed before #20035 is closed
-set TCL_LIBRARY=%~dp0..\..\..\tcltk64\lib\tcl8.6
+set TCL_LIBRARY=%~dp0..\..\externals\tcltk64\lib\tcl8.6
 
 call "%~dp0..\..\PCbuild\rt.bat" -d -q -x64 -uall -rwW -n --timeout=3600 %*
diff -r c8ba6df39b25 Tools/buildbot/test.bat
--- a/Tools/buildbot/test.bat	Tue Oct 28 23:00:36 2014 +0100
+++ b/Tools/buildbot/test.bat	Tue Oct 28 23:28:46 2014 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 setlocal
 rem The following line should be removed before #20035 is closed
-set TCL_LIBRARY=%~dp0..\..\..\tcltk\lib\tcl8.6
+set TCL_LIBRARY=%~dp0..\..\externals\tcltk\lib\tcl8.6
 
 call "%~dp0..\..\PCbuild\rt.bat" -d -q -uall -rwW -n --timeout=3600 %*