Hi Thomas No, I wasn't installed by admin privileges and I'm not running as a non-admin, regardless I tried running with admin and non-admin privileges, however the issue still persisted.
Kind regards, Sincerely, Praveen Kumar Mob: +91 9515531643 On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 03:52 Thomas Passin via Python-list, < python-list@python.org> wrote: > 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. > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
