EPERM: operation not permitted

[ianzone]

Describe the bug

yihen@think MINGW64 ~
$ ni -g typescript
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 EPERM  EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\Users\yihen\AppData\Local\pnpm\ni'

and the file 'C:\Users\yihen\AppData\Local\pnpm\ni' is removed after execution

Reproduction

using git bash windows to install global packages like above

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 11 10.0.22621
    CPU: (20) x64 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13800H
    Memory: 18.51 GB / 31.66 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.10.0 - ~\AppData\Local\pnpm\node.EXE
    npm: 10.2.3 - ~\AppData\Local\pnpm\npm.CMD
    pnpm: 8.11.0 - ~\AppData\Local\pnpm\pnpm.EXE
  Browsers:
    Edge: Chromium (119.0.2151.97)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.22621.1

Used Package Manager

pnpm

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[HawtinZeng]

Maybe you should run your command in a elevated PowerSheel or Command Prompt. I rarely use MINGW64 : )