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

[Praveen Kumar]

Yes,

I have 24.3.1 version of pip in my win 11 device, there is a new version of
pip available, 25.0.1

Shall I upgrade that?

Kind regards,
Praveen

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025, 03:04 Thomas Passin via Python-list, <
python-list at python.org> wrote:

> On 3/9/2025 3:16 PM, Gilmeh Serda via Python-list wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:59:51 +0530, Praveen Kumar wrote:
> >
> >> "C:\Users\Bharath\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\python.exe"
> >
> > Is that an approved location for executables?
>
> Yes, that's where a python.org install normally goes. If you are
> changing the system paths, that location is the one to use. But if
> that's the location that the system links Python.File to, it should
> launch without a problem. Maybe you should remove the path steps you
> added previously and see if that clears up the problem.
>
> First, though, try to run python using the absolute path you have just
> found.
>
> BTW, it's always a good idea to run pip using the python install that
> you will be running.  So if "python" runs the right version, then invoke
> pip this way:
>
> python -m pip
>
> If you use the launcher, then:
>
> py -m pip
>
> This will make sure you use the version of pip that goes with your
> version of python, just in case there are other versions somewhere on
> the computer.
>
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