[issue41961] Windows install failure "could not set file security"

Steve Dower report at bugs.python.org
Tue Oct 6 19:32:05 EDT 2020


New submission from Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>:

Original report: https://twitter.com/Steve_Casselman/status/1313564671652159488?s=20

A user received MSI error 1926 in a popup dialog, text reading:

> Could not set file security for file 'C:\Users\sc\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Installer\'. Error: 0. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to modify the security permissions for this file.

OS version: 18362.1082 (Windows 10 Home 1903)

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components: Windows
messages: 378141
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: test needed
status: open
title: Windows install failure "could not set file security"
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9

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