[issue43127] Unable to install Python 3.9.1 - Windows 10

Steve Dower added the comment: Oh, you might also be able to install Python from the Microsoft Store more easily - open the Store app and search for it. It's identical, just packaged differently. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue43127] Unable to install Python 3.9.1 - Windows 10

Steve Dower added the comment: Yeah, system policy is not something we can work around. If you can, maybe try installing for all users? (Under customised install options.) You might have to right click the installer and run as an administrator, which sometimes helps get around these

[issue43127] Unable to install Python 3.9.1 - Windows 10

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- components: +Installation, Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43127] Unable to install Python 3.9.1 - Windows 10

New submission from Adrian Lloyd : I get the following error when I try to install Python 3.9.1 on windows 10 0x80070659 The installation is forbidden by system policy. The log gives more information: [13A0:0FC0][2021-02-04T16:41:04]e000: Error 0x80070659: Failed to install MSI package.