development server: WindowsError: [Error 3]

[jonathan.strong@…]

got this first time I tried to boot up the dev server with stable/1.7.x. Running Windows 8. The server opened fine and then crashed after about a second ... I assume as part of its once-a-second file changes polling.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 385, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 377, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\core\management\base.py", line 288, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\core\management\base.py", line 337, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 82, in handle
    self.run(*args, **options)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 91, in run
    autoreload.main(self.inner_run, args, options)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 317, in main
    reloader(wrapped_main_func, args, kwargs)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 283, in python_reloader
    reloader_thread()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 259, in reloader_thread
    change = fn()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\django-1.7c1-py2.7.egg\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 197, in code_changed
    stat = os.stat(filename)
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Python\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-1.1.5-py2.7.egg\\pkg_resources.pyc'
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[Tim Graham]

I think this will be fixed with #22991. After the fix for that ticket is committed, please reopen if it's still an issue. Thanks.