WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

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Ionel Cristian Mărieș

29 Sep, 2014 08:23 AM

I recently started getting this in all my python builds:

WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'c:\\users\\appveyor\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-vsni8d-record\\install-record.txt'

It's raised by pip, details and traceback: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ionelmc/python-fields/build/job/m5egvtjknhev59t3

That filename is supposed to be unique (pip-<randomhash>-record).
Could there be some process that is opening files that it doesn't own? Like an antivirus

  1. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:48 AM.

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