PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

[brendanb132]

Hi!

Running into an issue upon running auto_joiner.py

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1237]
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C:\Users\brend\Documents\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master>python auto_joiner.py
Enabled headless mode
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\brend\Documents\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\auto_joiner.py", line 770, in
main()
File "C:\Users\brend\Documents\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\auto_joiner.py", line 618, in main
init_browser()
File "C:\Users\brend\Documents\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\Teams-Auto-Joiner-master\auto_joiner.py", line 180, in init_browser
browser = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install(), options=chrome_options)
File "C:\Users\brend\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\webdriver_manager\chrome.py", line 23, in init
self.driver = ChromeDriver(name=name,
File "C:\Users\brend\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\webdriver_manager\driver.py", line 54, in init
self.browser_version = chrome_version(chrome_type)
File "C:\Users\brend\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\webdriver_manager\utils.py", line 139, in chrome_version
stdout = os.popen(cmd).read()
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\os.py", line 983, in popen
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in init
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\subprocess.py", line 1420, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

The only solution I could find online was to run python as an administrator, but that didn't seem to do the trick. Thoughts?

[TobiasPankner]

Seems to be an issue with downloading the webdriver. Have you tried without headless?

[brendanb132]

Just tried with headless marked as false, same result.

[TobiasPankner]

And how did you run it as admin? Open cmd with admin rights?

[brendanb132]

Yep, cmd is being ran in admin mode.

[TobiasPankner]

Okay, you can try downloading the webdriver manually (make sure its the correct version). After that replace "ChromeDriverManager.install()" with the path to the exe.

[TobiasPankner]

Actually, I have another idea. Put this os.environ['WDM_LOCAL'] = '1' at the start of main in the code.
Line 604 of the newest version.

[brendanb132]

Actually I think I tracked down the issue to windows forcing the folder to be read-only (god knows why). Once I figure that out I have a hunch it will run just fine.

[TobiasPankner]

Okay, pretty weird. But yeah then that is the problem.