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

[Eryk Sun]

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 Administrators. Standard users are granted only read and execute access. Thus if you're logged on as a standard user or UAC-restricted administrator, adding and removing packages requires running pip from an elevated command prompt (cmd.exe) that's "[r]un as administrator".

A per-user installation, on the other hand, defaults to installing in a subdirectory of the user's "%LocalAppData%\Programs" directory, for which the user should have full control.

In either case you can change the default installation directory. In general, I wouldn't recommend installing for all users to an untrusted location, but you're of course free to do that if you want.

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nosy: +eryksun
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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