Python Virtual Environment throws error with Python Net 3.0.2 #2446

Environment

Pythonnet version: 3.0.2
Python version: 3.10, 3.11
Operating System: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
.NET Runtime: 6.0

Details

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Running Python Net with Python 3.10 and 3.11 virtual environment does not work. It works fine if I use Python 3.10 and 3.11 root directory. I have a dot net application which used Python Net to invoke some python methods. As long as I am running using python root installation directory, it works fine. When I use corresponding virtual environments then it does not work. I am getting below error. I tried to re-install encodings but it did not help.

Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding
Python runtime state: core initialized
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

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  this will help us understand the issue.

Running Python 3.10 and 3.11 virtual environment with Python Net.

• If there was a crash, please include the traceback here.

Python path configuration:
PYTHONHOME = 'C:\PythonVirtualEnv\Python311venv'
sys.path = [
'',
'C:\PythonVirtualEnv\Python311venv\Lib\site-packages',
'C:\PythonVirtualEnv\Python311venv\Lib',
]

Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding
Python runtime state: core initialized
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

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