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3rd week learning python. I am trying to pip install pyperclip. When I run this in the command prompt I am getting a permission error -

PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\my_user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpybqp3z0q'

I can go into the folder Temp and delete tmpybqp3z0q, but when I run the command prompt again it will create a new file in this folder and give me the same error, now referencing the newly created file.

Try install pip-system-certs 3.0
Problem try run cmd as admin
Also update pip python -m pip install --upgrade pip.