[issue36529] Python from WindowsStore: can't install package using "-m pip"

Steve Dower added the comment: Resolved by issue37672 (because I didn't find this issue when I was looking for it, so I created a new one) -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode

[issue36529] Python from WindowsStore: can't install package using "-m pip"

Steve Dower added the comment: Yeah, right now you need to also pass --local when you use -m (the bundled pip.exe does this automatically). Your user account does not have permission to install into the global site directory. Once we update the bundled pip I can add a site-specific

[issue36529] Python from WindowsStore: can't install package using "-m pip"

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[issue36529] Python from WindowsStore: can't install package using "-m pip"

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[issue36529] Python from WindowsStore: can't install package using "-m pip"

New submission from Ilya Kazakevich : No packages could be installed with "-m pip" because of "Access Denied". It seems that it tries to install package to "site-packages' instead of "local-packages". However, "pip.exe" works. Does it mean "pip.exe" is patched somehow, but not python itself?