The package python3 provides a python interpreter that supports virtual environments: >tools\python3\python3.10 -m venv c:\path\to\venv >set VIRTUAL_ENV=c:\path\to\venv >set PATH=c:\path\to\venv\bin;%PATH% >set PYTHONHOME= See https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html for more details.