[issue30531] Windows 10 3.6.1 install disallows pip installs of packages

Steve Dower added the comment: You can try installing with "--user" to install to a per-user directory, start running pip from an administrative command/PowerShell prompt, or use the venv module to create a virtual environment. Alternatively, if you select the default installation options you

[issue30531] Windows 10 3.6.1 install disallows pip installs of packages

Eryk Sun added the comment: You installed Python for all users, which defaults to installing in %ProgramFiles% or %ProgramFiles(x86)%. Python's installation directory inherits the security of its parent directory, which in this case grants full control only to SYSTEM, TrustedInstaller, and

[issue30531] Windows 10 3.6.1 install disallows pip installs of packages

Changes by Ned Deily : -- components: +Windows -Installation nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker

[issue30531] Windows 10 3.6.1 install disallows pip installs of packages

New submission from Thomas Shinnick: Installed using python-3.6.1-amd64.exe then tried to pip install a package. Repeatedly had to manually intervene to open up permissions on python install subdirs, after getting these errors one at a time from pip: PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is