Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

Question

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?

Answer 1

I fixed this error by running VS Code as Administrator.

Answer 2

go to your virtual environment folder. open up your pyenv.cfg and change the 'include-system-site-packages = false' to true save it and please try again