Greetings, Enrique Perez-Terron! > I prefer to have a single installation of python, rather than having to > remember to install packages for various pythons. > I choose the standard windows 64-bit install of python 3.8 > But today when I tried to run a script ... >> Heidi@panter ~ >> $ python3 x.py >> -bash: >> /cygdrive/c/Users/Heidi/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3: >> Permission denied > Surprise! > Investigating... >> Heidi@panter ~ >> $ ls -ld "$(type -p python3)" >> -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 >> /cygdrive/c/Users/Heidi/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3* >> >> Heidi@panter ~ >> $ cmd /C "icacls $(cygpath -w "$(type -p python3)")" No need to "cmd /c" >> C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe >> NT-MYNDIGHET\SYSTEM:(I)(F) >> >> BUILTIN\Administratorer:(I)(F) >> >> PANTER\Heidi:(I)(F) >> >> S-1-19-512-4096:(RX,D,WDAC,WO,WA) >> >> Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files >> >> Heidi@panter ~ >> $ cmd /C "dir /q $(cygpath -w "$(type -p python3)")" >> Volume in drive C is Acer >> Volume Serial Number is 3A2C-1A76 >> >> Directory of C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps >> >> 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi python3.exe >> 1 File(s) 0 bytes >> 0 Dir(s) 155â–’760â–’214â–’016 bytes free > Hey, what is this? Windows reports that the owner of the binary is > PANTER\Heidi, but /bin/ls reports Unknown+User? > I rebboted, unistalled python and installed the app store version of > python instead, but nothing changed. > Any suggestions? Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html In particular, show "mount" output and check that you don't have /etc/{passwd,group} files -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, December 26, 2019 23:57:30 Sorry for my terrible english...ТÒÐÐ¥&ö&ÆVÒ&W÷'G3¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒ÷&ö&ÆV×2æ‡FÖÀФd¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöfðФFö7VÖVçFF–ö㢇GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöFö72æ‡FÖÀÐ¥Vç7V'67&–&R–æfó¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöÖÂò7Vç7V'67&–&R×6–×ÆPРÐ