[Python] Virtual Environment calling global installation of Python instead of venv-specifc...

I'm having an issue where for some reason the virtual environments that I'm creating are accessing my system-wide installations of Python and pip when they shouldn't be.

Here's my fairly simple workflow just make sure I'm not missing anything obvious (Windows 10, Python 3.8.2):

python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate.bat


My path is now prepended by (venv), as you'd expect. However,

pip list


lists all of the system-wide pip packages I have instead of just the ones that should be in that venv.

pyvenv.cfg indicates that

include-system-site-packages = false


When I open the interpreter using

python


In the virtual environment,

sys.executable


Returns the path on my C drive and

print(pip.__file__)


Does the same. I suspect they should instead be pointing to the interpreter and pip in the virtual environment but don't know how to make that happen.

Edit: 4/27/20, Still dealing with this issue, I have tried:

• 
  uninstalling and reinstalling Python, both from python.org and the MS Store
  
  
• 
  Installing python in a new location
  
  
• 
  Clearing my user and system environment variables and then adding in just the ones for Python 3.8.
  

I'm really at a loss here, would appreciate any help.

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