Fix Python Permission Denied Error in Windows 11
Getting the “You don’t have permission to save in this location” error on a PC is not uncommon. Because of this error, you won’t be able to save certain files in the folders you want. The error message tells you to get permission from the system administrator, but it doesn’t tell you how to fix the problem.
Python is a program that lets you use a high-level programming language to build websites, software, and more. Users have recently said that Windows 11 gives them a “permission denied” error. Here’s how to fix the PermissionError [Errno 13] message. Permission denied error in Python.
Python is a general-purpose language, which means it can be used to make many different kinds of programs instead of just focusing on one variable.
Check File Path
PermissionError: [Errno 13] is often caused by this. Python is trying to open a folder as a file, which is why it says “Permission denied.” Check where you want to open the file again and make sure there isn’t already a folder with the same name.
Adjust file permissions
Go to the location of your file in file explorer.
Right-click on it and select Properties.
Go to the Security tab and select your name under Group or user names.
Click Edit and check the permissions.
Click Apply and OK.
Turn off execution aliases
Press Win + I to open Settings.
Go to Apps and select Apps & features.
Click on More settings to expand it and select App execution aliases.
Locate the two App Installers for python.exe and python3.exe and toggle both to Off.
Update Windows
Press Win + I to open Settings.
Go to Windows update and click Check for updates.
If new updates are available, click on the Install button and wait until it finishes.
