diff -up blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c.cve blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c
--- blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c.cve 2007-09-18 06:58:31.000000000 +0200
+++ blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c 2008-11-03 18:30:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ void BPY_start_python( int argc, char **
Py_Initialize( );
PySys_SetArgv( argc_copy, argv_copy );
+ PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; sys.path = filter(None, sys.path)");
+
//Overrides __import__
init_ourImport( );
init_ourReload( );