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This occurs when I install specific packages, even if I run as admin; for this case specifically I was running

pip install shapash
But would get this error
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 
'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python39\\site-packages\\Python\\Python39\\site-packages\\~umba\\core\\runtime\\_nrt_python.cp39-win_amd64.pyd'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
Also tried
python -m pip install shapash --user
As suggested by another post and variations such as --force-reinstall. Does anybody have a solution to this?
                Where are the ~ characters coming from in that path?  Why are there two of them?  Dows Windows know how to handle them?
– John Gordon
                Aug 12, 2022 at 19:58
                The ~umba directory is from an interrupted or failed upgrade of numba. The easiest thing to do is quit all running Python processes, then go into the site-packages directory and delete all the folders that start with ~. You can then do a clean reinstall of the packages.
– MattDMo
                Aug 12, 2022 at 20:41
                @MattDMo didn't know that's what the ~ represents. Deleting and reinstalling did the trick, thanks!
– Wong Wai Kwun
                Aug 12, 2022 at 22:42
                Had the same issue in VS Code; deleting all the folders that start with ~ worked for me as well; thanks MattDMo.
– Sam S.
                Sep 20, 2022 at 1:05
go to your virtual environment folder. open up your pyenv.cfg and change the 'include-system-site-packages = false' to true
save it and please try again
        
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