Seems as though an update on Windows 10 overnight broke Python. Just trying to run python --version returned a “Permission Denied” error. None of the three updates; KB4507453, KB4506991, or KB4509096 look like they’d be the culprit but the timing of the issue is suspicious. Rather than messing with rolling back, I’m hoping there’s a simpler fix that I’m missing.
The permissions on python are “-rwxr-xr-x” and I haven’t changed anything besides letting the Windows update reboot machine after installing last night’s patches.
According to the System Information, I’m running 10.0.18362
Should also note that this is happening whether I (try) to execute Python from git-bash using “run as administrator” or not, and if I try using PowerShell, it just opens the Windows store as if the app isn’t installed so I’m thinking it can’t see the contents of my /c/Users/david/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/ folder for some reason.
I’ve also tried to reinstall Python 3.7.4, but that didn’t help either. Is there something else I should be looking at?
