yes! this works. tested with windows xp/python2.5, windows server 2003/py2.7

removing debugger, adding comments

dev.py

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ if subprocess.call(
 pkg_resources.working_set.add_entry('src')
 
 import zc.buildout.easy_install
-#from dbgp.client import brk; brk('127.0.0.1')
 zc.buildout.easy_install.scripts(
     ['zc.buildout'], pkg_resources.working_set , sys.executable, 'bin')
 

src/zc/buildout/easy_install.py

@@ -1064,11 +1064,10 @@ def _create_script(contents, dest):
 
     if is_win32:
         # generate exe file and give the script a magic name:
-        #from dbgp.client import brk; brk('127.0.0.1')
-        win32_exe = os.path.splitext(dest)[0]
+        win32_exe = os.path.splitext(dest)[0] # remove ".py"
         if win32_exe.endswith('-script'):
-            win32_exe = win32_exe[:-7]
-        win32_exe = win32_exe + '.exe'
+            win32_exe = win32_exe[:-7] # remove "-script"
+        win32_exe = win32_exe + '.exe' # add ".exe"
         new_data = pkg_resources.resource_string('setuptools', 'cli.exe')
         if not os.path.exists(win32_exe) or (open(win32_exe, 'rb').read() != new_data):
             # Only write it if it's different.