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On windows, pip install -U pip fails if TEMP is on different drive letter.

See original GitHub issue

> pip install -U pip
You are using pip version 7.0.3, however version 7.1.0 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
Collecting pip
  Downloading pip-7.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.1MB)
    100% |################################| 1.1MB 120kB/s
Installing collected packages: pip
  Found existing installation: pip 7.0.3
    Uninstalling pip-7.0.3:
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\shutil.py", line 522, in move
    os.rename(src, real_dst)
OSError: [WinError 17] The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive: 'c:\\develop\\python34\\scripts\\pip.exe' -> 'D:\\TEMP\\pip-ugv4c2uf-uninstall\\develop\\python34\\scripts\\pip.exe'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 223, in main
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 297, in run
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 616, in install
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 721, in uninstall
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_uninstall.py", line 126, in remove
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 314, in renames
  File "C:\Develop\Python34\lib\shutil.py", line 535, in move
    os.unlink(src)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\develop\\python34\\scripts\\pip.exe'

The workaround python -m pip install -U pip is still useful.

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leopardyaocommented, Jan 17, 2018

I am sorry but what is the solution? I am still having the same issue when run “pip uninstall some-package”. thanks for instructions. windows 10.
anaconda3-4.4.0 (Pip version is 9.0.1) python 3.6.2

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shimizukawacommented, May 2, 2018

On changelog,

10.0.0b1 (2018-03-31) Display a message to run the right command for modifying pip on Windows (#4490)

by the change, this issue has resolved. I got a bellow message:

(venv) > pip install -U pip
ERROR: To modify pip, please run the following command:
c:\venv\scripts\python.exe -m pip install -U pip

Thanks!

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