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Taking a shot in the dark here and hoping someone can point me in the right direction as to why I’m getting this error. I have used this same script in the past without issue so I’m completely lost as to what happened. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

from requests_html import HTMLSession

link = 'https://www.denvergov.org/property/realproperty/summary/160820474'
session = HTMLSession()
url = session.get(link)
print(url)

<Response [200]>

url.html.render()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Nick/gfddfsf.py", line 9, in <module>
    url.html.render()
  File "C:UsersNicklibsite-packagesrequests_html.py", line 572, in render
    self.session.browser  # Automatycally create a event loop and browser
  File "C:UsersNicklibsite-packagesrequests_html.py", line 680, in browser
    self._browser = self.loop.run_until_complete(pyppeteer.launch(headless=True, args=['--no-sandbox']))
  File "C:UsersNicklibasynciobase_events.py", line 467, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
  File "C:UsersNicklibsite-packagespyppeteerlauncher.py", line 311, in launch
    return await Launcher(options, **kwargs).launch()
  File "C:UsersNicklibsite-packagespyppeteerlauncher.py", line 169, in launch
    **options,
  File "C:UsersNicklibsubprocess.py", line 709, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:UsersNicklibsubprocess.py", line 997, in _execute_child
    startupinfo)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

Python is a program designed for building websites, software, and more using a high-level programming language. However, users have recently reported receiving a permission denied error in Windows 11. Here’s how to fix PermissionError [Errno 13] Permission denied error in Python.

Because Python uses a general-purpose language, it can be used to build a variety of different types of programs rather than focusing on a specific variable.

For those wanting to learn more about developing and coding, Python is one of the easiest programming languages to learn, making it perfect for beginners.

Why do I get the permission denied error in Python?

Users encounter PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied error if providing Python with a file path that does not have permission to open or edit the file. By default, some files do not allow certain permissions. This error may also occur if providing a folder rather than a file.

If the file is already being operated by another process, then you may encounter the permission denied error in Python. If you’re receiving the Python runtime error, we offer solutions for that as well.

How do I fix the Python permission denied error in Windows 11?

1. Check file path

One of the main causes of PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied is because Python is trying to open a folder as a file. Double-check the location of where you want to open the file and ensure there isn’t a folder that exists with the same name.

Run the os.path.isfile(filename) command replacing filename with your file to check if it exists. If the response is false, then the file does not exist or Python cannot locate it.

2. Allow permissions using chomd

If the file does not have read and write permissions enabled for everyone, then you may encounter the permission denied error in Python. Try entering the chomd 755 filename command and replace filename with the name of your file.

This command gives everyone permission to read, write, and execute the file, including the owner. Users can also apply this command to entire directories. Running the ls -al command will provide a list of files and directories and their permissions.

3. Adjust file permissions

1. Navigate to the location of your file in file explorer.
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties.
3. Click the Security tab then select your name under Group or user names.
4. Select Edit and go through and check permissions.
5. Click Apply then OK.

Adjusting the permissions of the file that you’re trying to open will allow Python to read, write, and execute the file.

4. Turn off execution aliases

1. Click on Start and open Settings (or press Windows + I).
2. Open Apps then select Apps & features.
3. Open the drop-down menu next to More settings.
4. Click App execution aliases.
5. Locate the two App Installers for python.exe and python3.exe and toggle both to Off.

Python was added to the Microsoft Store for version 3.7 which introduced permission denied errors because it created two installers: python.exe and python3.exe. Disabling the Microsoft Store versions of Python should fix the permissions denied error.

5. Update Windows and drivers

1. Click on Start and open Settings (or press Windows + I).
2. Scroll down and select Windows Update.
3. Perform any available updates.
4. Select Advanced options.
5. Under Additional options, click on Optional updates.
6. Run any driver updates.

If you’re suddenly encountering the Python permission denied error and none of the above solutions worked, then check for any Windows 11 updates and perform any available driver updates.

If this method didn’t work either, we recommend you use specialized driver update software, DriverFix.

DriverFix is a fast and automated solution for finding all outdated drivers and updating them to their latest versions. The installation process it’s fast and safe so no additional issues will occur.

DriverFix

Fast and simple tool to maintain all drivers updated.

What is the latest version of Python?

As of the release of this article, the latest version of Python is 3.10.7 which is available for Windows 8 and newer and is not compatible with older versions including Windows 7. Python supports Windows, macOS, Linux/UNIX, and more.

However, If users want to use older versions of Python, they can access releases 2.7 and newer or they can download a specific version of a release.

If you want a quick way to open PY files on Windows 10 and 11, we offer a guide for that as well.

Hopefully, one of the above solutions helped you fix the Python permission denied error in Windows 11. Let us know in the comments which step worked for you or if you have any suggestions for a different solution.

If we provide a folder path instead of a file path while reading file or if Python does not have the required permission to perform file operations(open, read, write), you will encounter PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied error

In this article, we will look at what PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied error means and how to resolve this error with examples.

We get this error mainly while performing file operations such as read, write, rename files etc. 

There are three main reasons behind the permission denied error. 

1. Insufficient privileges on the file or for Python
2. Passing a folder instead of file
3. File is already open by other process

How to Fix PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied error?

Let us try to reproduce the “errno 13 permission denied” with the above scenarios and see how to fix them with examples.

Case 1: Insufficient privileges on the file or for Python

Let’s say you have a local CSV file, and it has sensitive information which needs to be protected. You can modify the file permission and ensure that it will be readable only by you.

Now let’s create a Python program to read the file and print its content. 

# Program to read the entire file (absolute path) using read() function
file = open("python.txt", "r")
content = file.read()
print(content)
file.close()

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Projects/Tryouts/python.txt", line 2, in <module>
    file = open("python.txt", "r")
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'python.txt'

When we run the code, we have got  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied error because the root user creates the file. We are not executing the script in an elevated mode(admin/root).

In windows, we can fix this error by opening the command prompt in administrator mode and executing the Python script to fix the error. The same fix even applies if you are getting “permissionerror winerror 5 access is denied” error

In the case of Linux the issue we can use the sudo command to run the script as a root user.

Alternatively, you can also check the file permission by running the following command.

ls -la

# output
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root  srinivas  46 Jan  29 03:42 python.txt

In the above example, the root user owns the file, and we don’t run Python as a root user, so Python cannot read the file.

We can fix the issue by changing the permission either to a particular user or everyone. Let’s make the file readable and executable by everyone by executing the following command.

chmod 755 python.txt

We can also give permission to specific users instead of making it readable to everyone. We can do this by running the following command.

chown srinivas:admin python.txt

When we run our code back after setting the right permissions, you will get the following output.

Dear User,

Welcome to Python Tutorial

Have a great learning !!!

Cheers

Case 2: Providing the file path

In the below example, we have given a folder path instead of a valid file path, and the Python interpreter will raise errno 13 permission denied error.

# Program to read the entire file (absolute path) using read() function
file = open("C:\Projects\Python\Docs", "r")
content = file.read()
print(content)
file.close()

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:PersonalIJSCodeprogram.py", line 2, in <module>
    file = open("C:\Projects\Python\Docs", "r")
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\Projects\Python\Docs'

We can fix the error by providing the valid file path, and in case we accept the file path dynamically, we can change our code to ensure if the given file path is a valid file and then process it.

# Program to read the entire file (absolute path) using read() function
file = open("C:\Projects\Python\Docspython.txt", "r")
content = file.read()
print(content)
file.close()

Output

Dear User,

Welcome to Python Tutorial

Have a great learning !!!

Cheers

Case 3: Ensure file is Closed

While performing file operations in Python, we forget to close the file, and it remains in open mode.

Next time, when we access the file, we will get permission denied error as it’s already in use by the other process, and we did not close the file.

We can fix this error by ensuring by closing a file after performing an i/o operation on the file. You can read the following articles to find out how to read files in Python and how to write files in Python.

Conclusion

In Python, If we provide a folder path instead of a file path while reading a file or if the Python does not have the required permission to perform file operations(open, read, write), you will encounter PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied error.

We can solve this error by Providing the right permissions to the file using chown or chmod commands and also ensuring Python is running in the elevated mode permission.