title: How can I use pywin32 with a virtualenv without having to include the host environment's site-packages folder?
body: <p>I'm working with <a href="http://www.pyinstaller.org" rel="noreferrer">PyInstaller</a> under Python 2.6, which is only partially supported due to the mess MS have created with their manifest nonense which now affects Python since it is now MSVC8 compiled.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that the manifest embedding support relies on the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20214/pywin32-214.zip/download" rel="noreferrer">pywin32</a> extensions in order to build which is a pain because without including the host's site-packages folder when I create the <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv" rel="noreferrer">virtualenv</a> (kinda defeats the point in a build environment) I cannot find a way to install the required extensions so they are accessible to PyInstaller.</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone found a solution to this issue? </p>