Re: "Getting 'This app can’t run on your PC' (Access Denied) error when running Python or checking version in CMD on Windows 11"

[Thomas Passin]

On 3/8/2025 5:29 AM, Praveen Kumar via Python-list wrote:
> Hi Python community and members,
> 
> I hope this email finds you well, I want you to be assisted in resolving
> this following issue. kindly look at the below concern,
> 
> """I’m running into an error where I get a 'This app can’t run on your PC'
> pop-up with (Access is Denied error) whenever I try to run the Python
> version (python --version) or run python.exe in the Command Prompt on
> Windows 11."""
> 
> 
> *Here’s what I’ve tried so far:*
> 
> *Uninstalled python software from the apps settings and reinstalled python
> software from the official python.org site
> 
> *Added Python to the PATH in the Environment Variables. (system variables,
> User variables.)
> 
> ***C:\Users\Bharath\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\
> ***C:\Users\Bharath\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Scripts\
> 
> * however, then after I tried running direct path execution in the cmd.
> "C:\Users\Bharath\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\python.exe"
> --version, however it works well and it executed and showed the version,
> but without file path, it won't work anyway.
> 
> * Additionally I've checked windows apps interference whether it is causing
> this error, and I saw a couple of python.exe files in this folder contains
> 0KB size then I thought these were corrupted and after I tried deleting
> these files, later I re-checked in cmd, however the issue persisted. refer
> to the following error for your further reference.
> 
> 
> 
> *https://i.sstatic.net/6koOnZBM.png
> <https://i.sstatic.net/6koOnZBM.png>https://i.sstatic.net/65JC9FuB.png
> <https://i.sstatic.net/65JC9FuB.png>*
> 
> * Ran the Command Prompt as an administrator.
> 
> *Tried multiple other troubleshooting steps, but none of them worked.
> 
> Despite these efforts, the issue persists. Could someone please help me
> resolve this?
> 
> Extending my request you to kindly help me out of this error and give me
> the root cause of this problem.
> 
> 
> *Kind regards, *
> 
> *Sincerely,*
> 
> *Praveen Kumar*
> 
> *Mob: *+91 9515531643

It sounds like you installed Python as an admin but are trying to run it 
as a non-admin user.