title: PermissionError: [Errno 13] in Python
body: <p>Just starting to learn some Python and I'm having an issue as stated below:</p>
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>a_file = open('E:\Python Win7-64-AMD 3.3\Test', encoding='utf-8')
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File &quot;&lt;pyshell#9&gt;&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      a_file = open('E:\Python Win7-64-AMD 3.3\Test', encoding='utf-8')
  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'E:\\Python Win7-64-AMD 3.3\\Test\
  </code></pre>
  <p>Seems to be a file permission error, if any one can shine some light it would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  <p><strong>NOTE: not sure how Python and Windows files work but I'm logged in to Windows as Admin and the folder has admin permissions.</strong></p>
  <p>I have tried changing <code>.exe</code> properties to run as Admin.</p>