Trying to upgrade pip in a virtual environment but getting "Access is denied" [duplicate]

Question

When I tried to use the command

pip install --upgrade pip

in a virtual environment, it showed me the following message:

Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\windows\system32\venv\lib\site-packages (22.0.4) Collecting pip Using cached pip-22.1-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB) Installing collected packages: pip Attempting uninstall: pip Found existing installation: pip 22.0.4 Uninstalling pip-22.0.4: Successfully uninstalled pip-22.0.4 ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\Charles\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-uninstall-r4o_l0mr\\pip.exe' Check the permissions.

I am on Windows 10, Python 3.9.13, in command prompt as administrator.

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Alexander
– Alexander

2022-05-20 23:16:24 +00:00
Commented May 20, 2022 at 23:16 — Alexander
– Alexander, Commented May 20, 2022 at 23:16

Alexander · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-20 23:15:05Z

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Try:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

answered May 20, 2022 at 23:15

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Cs_J Over a year ago

Thanks, it worked. I'm wondering why the tensorflow website didn't have the "-m" though.

Alexander Over a year ago

@Cs_J Not sure, but im glad it worked

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