I had this issue as well. For me it was because I originally downloaded
Python 3.8 through the Windows App Store instead of Python.org's website.
The issue is the WindowsApps folder, and even when you set permissions when
it is running the script it still did not seem to allow access. I had to
uninstall Python, and then reinstall from Python.org and re-set up my
Python environment.
Also -- once I did this you need to disable App Execution Aliases. You can
do this by searching in the Windows Task Bar. It should be disabled for
"App Installer python.exe" and "App Installer python3.exe".
After this, it should solve your issue -- at least it did for me. I was
stumped for a very long time.
On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 11:07:37 AM UTC-4, Israel Brewster wrote:
>
> I've run into that error a number of times, but it always seems to happen
> when I'm running through the "git bash shell" rather than the system
> command prompt. Using a standard command prompt (not running as
> administrator) generally seems to work for me. Also, PyInstaller works fine
> with Python 3.8 in my experience.
>
> On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 11:36:43 PM UTC-8, Jacovb wrote:
>>
>> Im trying to use pyinstaller to turn a .py file into a .exe file,
>> whenever I run it I get this:
>>
>> 104 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.6
>> 105 INFO: Python: 3.8.2
>> 105 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0
>> 108 INFO: wrote C:\Users\jsimp\Desktop\pain\disable.spec
>> 111 INFO: UPX is not available.
>> 113 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
>> ['C:\\Users\\jsimp\\Desktop\\pain', 'C:\\Users\\jsimp\\Desktop\\pain']
>> 113 INFO: checking Analysis
>> 113 INFO: Building Analysis because Analysis-00.toc is non existent
>> 114 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
>> 118 INFO: Caching module graph hooks...
>> 128 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
>> 3565 INFO: Processing pre-find module path hook distutils
>> 3566 INFO: distutils: retargeting to non-venv dir 'C:\\Program
>> Files\\WindowsApps\\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.752.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\\lib'
>> 5793 INFO: Caching module dependency graph...
>> 5956 INFO: running Analysis Analysis-00.toc
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\pywin32\pywintypes.py",
>>
>> line 35, in pywin32error
>> yield
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\pywin32\win32api.py",
>>
>> line 43, in LoadLibraryEx
>> return _dll._LoadLibraryEx(fileName, 0, flags)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\core\cffi\_dll.py",
>>
>> line 23, in _LoadLibraryEx
>> result = check_null(
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\core\cffi\_util.py",
>>
>> line 81, in __call__
>> self._raise_error(function_name)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\core\cffi\_util.py",
>>
>> line 92, in _raise_error
>> raise exception
>> OSError: [WinError 1920] The file cannot be accessed by the system
>>
>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "C:\Program
>> Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.752.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\runpy.py",
>>
>> line 193, in _run_module_as_main
>> return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
>> File "C:\Program
>> Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.752.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\runpy.py",
>>
>> line 86, in _run_code
>> exec(code, run_globals)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe\__main__.py",
>>
>> line 7, in <module>
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\__main__.py",
>>
>> line 114, in run
>> run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\__main__.py",
>>
>> line 65, in run_build
>> PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py",
>>
>> line 734, in main
>> build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'),
>> kw.get('clean_build'))
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py",
>>
>> line 681, in build
>> exec(code, spec_namespace)
>> File "C:\Users\jsimp\Desktop\pain\disable.spec", line 6, in <module>
>> a = Analysis(['disable.py'],
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py",
>>
>> line 244, in __init__
>> self.__postinit__()
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\datastruct.py",
>>
>> line 160, in __postinit__
>> self.assemble()
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py",
>>
>> line 393, in assemble
>> self.binaries.extend(bindepend.Dependencies([('', python, '')],
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\bindepend.py",
>>
>> line 228, in Dependencies
>> for ftocnm, fn in getAssemblyFiles(pth, manifest, redirects):
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\bindepend.py",
>>
>> line 404, in getAssemblyFiles
>> for assembly in getAssemblies(pth):
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\bindepend.py",
>>
>> line 355, in getAssemblies
>> res = GetManifestResources(pth)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\utils\win32\winmanifest.py",
>>
>> line 1007, in GetManifestResources
>> return winresource.GetResources(filename, [RT_MANIFEST], names,
>> languages)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\PyInstaller\utils\win32\winresource.py",
>>
>> line 170, in GetResources
>> hsrc = win32api.LoadLibraryEx(filename, 0, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\pywin32\win32api.py",
>>
>> line 43, in LoadLibraryEx
>> return _dll._LoadLibraryEx(fileName, 0, flags)
>> File "C:\Program
>> Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.752.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\contextlib.py",
>>
>> line 131, in __exit__
>> self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
>> File
>> "C:\Users\jsimp\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\win32ctypes\pywin32\pywintypes.py",
>>
>> line 37, in pywin32error
>> raise error(exception.winerror, exception.function,
>> exception.strerror)
>> win32ctypes.pywin32.pywintypes.error: (1920, 'LoadLibraryEx', 'The file
>> cannot be accessed by the system')
>>
>> I have tried running it as an admin in command prompt to no avail. Does
>> anyone know a fix for this?
>>
>
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