Steven D'Aprano added the comment:
This may be an example of the problem:
https://discuss.python.org/t/why-does-venv-not-work-on-my-windows-system/11167
The poster there hasn't responded yet, so it isn't clear what is the actual
issue is. But it looks suspiciously like a failure to realise
New submission from Julien Palard :
I realized that many students get surprised by `python -m venv .venv` not
printing anything, a few even think it completly failed.
I'm OK teaching them this is normal, as `mv`, `cp`, `rm`, `django-admin
startproject`, ... does not print neither when they
