Alexandr Zarubkin added the comment: An alternative solution, which worked for me, is: add file named sitecustomize.py in Lib\site-packages folder.
The contents of the file: import sys sys.setdefaultencoding("cp1251") The default encoding should be determined for every localized Windows version. Also, when creating virtual environments, the same file should be placed in site-packages folder of virtual environment being created prior to installing setuptools in it. ---------- nosy: +me21 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file33268/sitecustomize.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9291> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com