diff --git a/PCbuild/build.bat b/PCbuild/build.bat
index 88b1f060ab1..98fa2671f63 100644
--- a/PCbuild/build.bat
+++ b/PCbuild/build.bat
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ if "%platf%"=="x64" (
     )
 )
 
+if not exist "%HG%" where hg > "%TEMP%\hg.loc" 2> nul && set /P HG= < "%TEMP%\hg.loc" & del "%TEMP%\hg.loc"
+if not exist "%HG%" echo Cannot find Mercurial on PATH && exit /B 1
+
 rem Setup the environment
 call "%dir%env.bat" %vs_platf% >nul
 
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ msbuild "%dir%pcbuild.proj" /t:%target% %parallel% %verbose%^
  /p:IncludeExternals=%IncludeExternals%^
  /p:IncludeSSL=%IncludeSSL% /p:IncludeTkinter=%IncludeTkinter%^
  /p:UseTestMarker=%UseTestMarker%^
+ /p:HG="%HG%"^
  %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
 
 @echo off
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index e5e96ad65e2..dc5c6703c79 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -399,9 +399,15 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="_GetBuildInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="hg id -b &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)hgbranch.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
-    <Exec Command="hg id -i &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)hgversion.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
-    <Exec Command="hg id -t &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)hgtag.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <HG Condition="$(HG) == ''">hg</HG>
+      <_HG>$(HG)</_HG>
+      <_HG Condition="$(HG.Contains(` `))">"$(HG)"</_HG>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <Message Text="Getting build info from $(_HG)" Importance="high" />
+    <Exec Command="$(_HG) id -b &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)hgbranch.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
+    <Exec Command="$(_HG) id -i &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)hgversion.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
+    <Exec Command="$(_HG) id -t &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)hgtag.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
     <PropertyGroup>
       <HgBranch Condition="Exists('$(IntDir)hgbranch.txt')">$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)hgbranch.txt').Trim())</HgBranch>
       <HgVersion Condition="Exists('$(IntDir)hgversion.txt')">$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)hgversion.txt').Trim())</HgVersion>
diff --git a/Tools/msi/buildrelease.bat b/Tools/msi/buildrelease.bat
index 1fa2dcb5340..f296e613ac1 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/buildrelease.bat
+++ b/Tools/msi/buildrelease.bat
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ if "%1" NEQ "" echo Invalid option: "%1" && exit /B 1
 
 if not defined BUILDX86 if not defined BUILDX64 (set BUILDX86=1) && (set BUILDX64=1)
 
+if not exist "%HG%" where hg > "%TEMP%\hg.loc" 2> nul && set /P HG= < "%TEMP%\hg.loc" & del "%TEMP%\hg.loc"
+if not exist "%HG%" echo Cannot find Mercurial on PATH && exit /B 1
+
 call "%D%get_externals.bat"
 
 :builddoc
@@ -77,8 +80,6 @@ call "%D%..\..\doc\make.bat" htmlhelp
 if errorlevel 1 goto :eof
 :skipdoc
 
-where hg /q || echo Cannot find Mercurial on PATH && exit /B 1
-
 where dlltool /q && goto skipdlltoolsearch
 set _DLLTOOL_PATH=
 where /R "%EXTERNALS%\" dlltool > "%TEMP%\dlltool.loc" 2> nul && set /P _DLLTOOL_PATH= < "%TEMP%\dlltool.loc" & del "%TEMP%\dlltool.loc" 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ msbuild "%D%bundle\releaseweb.wixproj" /t:Rebuild /p:Platform=%1 %BUILDOPTS% %CE
 if errorlevel 1 exit /B
 
 if defined BUILDZIP (
-    msbuild "%D%make_zip.proj" /t:Build %BUILDOPTS% %CERTOPTS%
+    msbuild "%D%make_zip.proj" /t:Build %BUILDOPTS% %CERTOPTS% /p:OutputPath="%BUILD%en-us"
     if errorlevel 1 exit /B
 )
 
diff --git a/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs b/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
index 38307e063cb..eda088404fa 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
-     xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension">
+     xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension"
+     xmlns:dep="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DependencyExtension">
   <Bundle Name="!(loc.FullProductName)"
           UpgradeCode="$(var.CoreUpgradeCode)"
           Version="$(var.Version)"
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@
           Manufacturer="!(loc.Manufacturer)"
           AboutUrl="http://www.python.org/"
           DisableModify="button"
-          Compressed="no">
+          Compressed="no"
+          dep:ProviderKey="CPython-$(var.MajorVersionNumber).$(var.MinorVersionNumber)$(var.PyArchExt)$(var.PyTestExt)">
     <BootstrapperApplication Id="PythonBA" SourceFile="$(var.BootstrapApp)">
         <Payload Compressed='yes' SourceFile='Default.thm' />
         <Payload Compressed='yes' SourceFile='Default.wxl' />
diff --git a/Tools/msi/make_zip.proj b/Tools/msi/make_zip.proj
index 13f75ba8493..1af6dd2868a 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/make_zip.proj
+++ b/Tools/msi/make_zip.proj
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
         <SignOutput>false</SignOutput>
         <TargetName>python-$(PythonVersion)-embed-$(ArchName)</TargetName>
         <TargetExt>.zip</TargetExt>
-        <TargetPath>$(OutputPath)\en-us\$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</TargetPath>
+        <TargetPath>$(OutputPath)\$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</TargetPath>
         <CleanCommand>rmdir /q/s "$(IntermediateOutputPath)\zip_$(ArchName)"</CleanCommand>
         <Arguments>"$(PythonExe)" "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\make_zip.py"</Arguments>
-        <Arguments>$(Arguments) -e -o "$(TargetPath)" -t "$(IntermediateOutputPath)\zip_$(ArchName)" -b "$(OutDir.TrimEnd('\'))"</Arguments>
+        <Arguments>$(Arguments) -e -o "$(TargetPath)" -t "$(IntermediateOutputPath)\zip_$(ArchName)" -b "$(BuildPath.TrimEnd('\'))"</Arguments>
         <Environment>set DOC_FILENAME=python$(PythonVersion).chm
 set VCREDIST_PATH=$(VS140COMNTOOLS)\..\..\VC\redist\$(Platform)\Microsoft.VC140.CRT</Environment>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Tools/nuget/make_pkg.proj b/Tools/nuget/make_pkg.proj
index d1fc649da79..81b84f98846 100644
--- a/Tools/nuget/make_pkg.proj
+++ b/Tools/nuget/make_pkg.proj
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
         <SignOutput>false</SignOutput>
         <TargetName>$(OutputName).$(NuspecVersion)</TargetName>
         <TargetExt>.nupkg</TargetExt>
-        <TargetPath>$(OutputPath)\$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</TargetPath>
         <IntermediateOutputPath>$(IntermediateOutputPath)\nuget_$(ArchName)</IntermediateOutputPath>
         
         <CleanCommand>rmdir /q/s "$(IntermediateOutputPath)"</CleanCommand>
         
         <PythonArguments>"$(PythonExe)" "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\msi\make_zip.py"</PythonArguments>
-        <PythonArguments>$(PythonArguments) -t "$(IntermediateOutputPath)" -b "$(OutDir.TrimEnd('\'))"</PythonArguments>
+        <PythonArguments>$(PythonArguments) -t "$(IntermediateOutputPath)" -b "$(BuildPath.TrimEnd('\'))"</PythonArguments>
         
         <PipArguments>"$(IntermediateOutputPath)\python.exe" -B -c "import sys; sys.path.append(r'$(PySourcePath)\Lib'); import ensurepip; ensurepip._main()"</PipArguments>
         <PackageArguments Condition="$(Packages) != ''">"$(IntermediateOutputPath)\python.exe" -B -m pip install -U $(Packages)</PackageArguments>