title: PIP Upgrade Permission Denied Windows 10
body: <p>Python 3.6.5 and (currently) pip 9.0.3 trying to upgrade to 10.0.1. </p>
  
  <p>I've checked through various SO threads and nothing quite got me there. When trying to pip install anything and upgrading pip itself, I keep getting this:</p>
  
  <p><strong>This is when I tried to install Django which then told me I needed to upgrade pip.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Exception:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
      status = self.run(options, args)
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
      prefix=options.prefix_path,
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install
      **kwargs
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install
      self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
      isolated=self.isolated,
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
      clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
      ensure_dir(destdir)
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
      os.makedirs(path)
  
  File "c:\program files\python36\lib\os.py", line 220, in makedirs
      mkdir(name, mode)
  
  PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\program files\\python36\\Lib\\site-packages\\pytz'
  </code></pre>
  
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  <p><strong>This is after I tried upgrading pip with <code>python -m pip install --upgrade pip</code>:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Exception:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\shutil.py", line 544, in move
      os.rename(src, real_dst)
  PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied:** 'c:\\program files\\python36\\lib\\site-packages\\pip-9.0.3.dist-info\\description.rst' -&gt; 'C:\\Users\\johns\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-f8ej9z71-uninstall\\program files\\python36\\lib\\site-packages\\pip-9.0.3.dist-info\\description.rst'
  
  During handling of the above exception, **another exception occurred:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
      status = self.run(options, args)
    File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
      prefix=options.prefix_path,
  
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 778, in install
      requirement.uninstall(auto_confirm=True)
  
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 754, in uninstall
      paths_to_remove.remove(auto_confirm)
  
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_uninstall.py", line 115, in remove
      renames(path, new_path)
  
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 267, in renames
      shutil.move(old, new)
  
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\shutil.py", line 559, in move
      os.unlink(src)
  
  PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\program files\\python36\\lib\\site-packages\\pip-9.0.3.dist-info\\description.rst'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I didn't have this problem on my last computer so I'm kind of confused. I don't understand why I would have a permission error, I'm the admin. I tried <code>sudo</code> (but I think that's only mac?). I looked at the repo discussion about how to do it and the pip documentation. And I'm fairly certain I added Python to Path when I installed it.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for helping me figure this out.</p>