'Access is denied' while i am running a command in powershell

Question

Hi, I am new to the powershell so this might be an easy question. I am trying to make a python 3.7 virtual environment using virtualenv. to give you a context in already have python 3.8 in my laptop what is also added to the path variable but python 3.7 is not added to the path variable while installation. the command I ran was but I am getting 'Access is denied' error can anyone help.
PS D:\Pranav\Software Output\Python> virtualenv --python="C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 3.7" p37\env1
RuntimeError: failed to query C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 3.7 with code 13 err: 'Access is denied'

Answer 1

Try the following syntax

python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment

Here is the documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

Please mark as "Accept the answer" if the above steps helps you. Others with similar issues can also follow the solution as per your suggestion

Regards,

Manu

Answer 2

Have you verified that you run the command as administrator?

You can also check that you have enough rights to the target (D:\Pranav...}