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 via Python-list]

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/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.
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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 via Python-list]

On 3/8/2025 10:47 PM, Praveen Kumar wrote:

Hi Thomas and team,

It's worked In non-admin privileges after put the file in path at the 
first on environmental path variables, but with admin privileges it 
doesn't work though. Showing same error, as I mentioned earlier.


If the path had been set for a local user but not for the system, you 
would see that behavior.


The install from python.org should have installed the "py" launcher. 
Does that run?  IOW, does typing "py" launch Python?




Kind regards,
Sincerely,
Praveen Kumar
Mob: +91 9515531643

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 09:03 Praveen Kumar, 
> wrote:


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, mailto: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/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.

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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 via Python-list]

If the path had been set for a local user but not for the system, you
would see that behavior.

The install from python.org should have installed the "py" launcher.
Does that run? IOW, does typing "py" launch Python?


Yes it does for both admin and non-admin cmd shells. But python.exe and
python do evoke the cited error.


Kind regards,
Praveen

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 17:56 Thomas Passin via Python-list, <
python-list@python.org> wrote:

> On 3/8/2025 10:47 PM, Praveen Kumar wrote:
> > Hi Thomas and team,
> >
> > It's worked In non-admin privileges after put the file in path at the
> > first on environmental path variables, but with admin privileges it
> > doesn't work though. Showing same error, as I mentioned earlier.
>
> If the path had been set for a local user but not for the system, you
> would see that behavior.
>
> The install from python.org should have installed the "py" launcher.
> Does that run?  IOW, does typing "py" launch Python?
>
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Sincerely,
> > Praveen Kumar
> > Mob: +91 9515531643
> >
> > On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 09:03 Praveen Kumar,
> >  > > wrote:
> >
> > 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,  > l...@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  > i.sstatic.net/6koOnZBM.png>
> >  >  i.sstatic.net/6koOnZBM.png>>https://i.sstatic.net/65JC9FuB.png
> > 
> >  >  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/

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 via Python-list]

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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