This occurs when I install specific packages, even if I run as admin; for this case specifically I was running pip install shapash But would get this error ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python39\\site-packages\\Python\\Python39\\site-packages\\~umba\\core\\runtime\\_nrt_python.cp39-win_amd64.pyd' Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions. Also tried python -m pip install shapash --user As suggested by another post and variations such as --force-reinstall. Does anybody have a solution to this? Continue reading...