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$ pip uninstall shortcutter
Uninstalling shortcutter-0.1.20:
Would remove:
c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\shortcutter-0.1.20.dist-info\*
c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\shortcutter\*
c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\scripts\shortcutter.exe
c:\users\me\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\shortcutter.lnk
d:\test-link.lnk
Proceed (y/n)? y
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\shutil.py", line 544, in move
os.rename(src, real_dst)
OSError: [WinError 17] The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive: 'd:\\test-link.lnk' -> 'C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-uninstall-bqaujcig\\test-link.lnk'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 188, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\uninstall.py", line 75, in run
auto_confirm=options.yes, verbose=self.verbosity > 0,
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_install.py", line 831, in uninstall
uninstalled_pathset.remove(auto_confirm, verbose)
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_uninstall.py", line 388, in remove
moved.stash(path)
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_uninstall.py", line 277, in stash
renames(path, new_path)
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\misc.py", line 405, in renames
shutil.move(old, new)
File "c:\tools\miniconda3\envs\test\lib\shutil.py", line 548, in move
os.symlink(linkto, real_dst)
OSError: symbolic link privilege not held
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