PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

[hugomrdias]

i get this error running ST3 on Windows 7

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_plugin.py", line 526, in run_
    return self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Hugo\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages\GitGutter.sublime-package\git_gutter.py", line 34, in run
  File "C:\Users\Hugo\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages\GitGutter.sublime-package\view_collection.py", line 36, in diff
  File "C:\Users\Hugo\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages\GitGutter.sublime-package\git_gutter_handler.py", line 150, in diff
  File "C:\Users\Hugo\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages\GitGutter.sublime-package\git_gutter_handler.py", line 166, in run_command
  File "X/subprocess.py", line 818, in __init__
  File "X/subprocess.py", line 1096, in _execute_child
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

[abiramipattar]

I Get the same error too..Any solutions?

[dornfeder]

same here...

[cyrusdavid]

same here...

[biin]

Same here..
no Solution ???

[jmcbee]

I solved it.

[jisaacks]

@fbm-static Care to share with the rest of us, how you solved it?

[rushfly]

First, I removed gitgutter through package control.
Then deleted all files in the directory of "Data\Packages\User\Package Control.cache" after close sublime.
Run again and reinstall gitgutter, it's works!

[jisaacks]

@rushfly thanks for the update. Can someone else confirm this solves it for them too?

[danicoolpak17]

Dear All,

I was having the same error over and over again in ST3. I was trying to install AdvancedNewSideBar plugin and this error showed up over and over again.

I tried this and it worked perfectly with me. Right click on ST3 ,(icon) or from installation dir ,open properties and set compatibility to your window version and them click on always run as administrator (I choose run as administrator for all users).

Thanks
Dani

[geedew]

@jisaacks Confirmed that it does not work (removing and wiping cache).

This continues for me on Windows 10, ST3

[hsandt]

I solved the problem by changing my GitGutter User preferences. In my case, the git binary path was wrong, not including the filename itself. It was set to C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin instead of C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe.

Open User\GitGutter.sublime-settings (Preferences > Package Settings > GitGutter > Settings - User):

{
  "git_binary": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\git.exe"  // replace with your own path, including .exe
}

Long story:

After looking at the source code (git_gutter_handler.py), I searched on issues with Python subprocess.Popen and found a fix on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3005437/windowserror-error-5-access-is-denied, some answers recalling you to call subprocess.Popen with the executable full path. By printing the arguments of Popen I realized that GitGutter really needs you to define the full executable path of git.

#191 and #178 (comment) also refer to the git_binary setting, used as argument for Popen.

[rchl]

Seems like a problem with wrong git_binary path. Closing.