[Answered ]-Django collectstatic picking files from wrong location

I suspect that your virutalenv and your project aren’t in the same location

you can try the following method :

pip install virtualenv  // install virtualenv
virtualenv env          //create your virutalenv
\pathto\env\Scripts\activate // activate your virtualenv

pip install django  
django-admin startproject demo
cd demo

And then collect your statifiles