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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"

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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.
>
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>

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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 <thitanpraveenkumar143@gmail.com> - 2025-03-09 09:03 +0530

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