Permission denied installing pychromecast/netifaces on Windows 10

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Home Assistant release (hass --version): 0.47.0

Python release (python3 --version): Python 3.6.0 :: Continuum Analytics, Inc (Miniconda)

Component/platform: media_player.cast

Description of problem:

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INFO:homeassistant.loader:Loaded media_player.cast from homeassistant.components.media_player.cast
INFO:homeassistant.util.package:Attempting install of pychromecast==0.8.1
INFO:homeassistant.components.http:Serving /api/events to 10.1.1.10 (auth: True)
ERROR:homeassistant.util.package:Unable to install package pychromecast==0.8.1: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\adam\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "c:\users\adam\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 425, in run
    os.remove(target_item_dir)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\Adam\\AppData\\Roaming\\.homeassistant\\deps\\netifaces.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
ERROR:homeassistant.setup:Not initializing media_player.cast because could not install dependency pychromecast==0.8.1
ERROR:homeassistant.setup:Unable to prepare setup for platform media_player.cast: Could not install all requirements.
INFO:homeassistant.core:Bus:Handling <Event call_service[L]: domain=persistent_notification, service=create, service_data=title=Invalid config, message=The following components and platforms could not be set up:
* media_player.cast
Please check your config, notification_id=invalid_config, service_call_id=2515003418552-1>
INFO:homeassistant.core:Bus:Handling <Event call_service[L]: domain=persistent_notification, service=create, service_data=title=Invalid config, message=The following components and platforms could not be set up:
* media_player.cast
Please check your config, notification_id=invalid_config, service_call_id=2515003418552-2>
INFO:homeassistant.core:Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=persistent_notification.invalid_config, old_state=None, new_state=<state persistent_notification.invalid_config=The following components and platforms could not be set up:
* media_player.cast

Expected:

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and steps to reproduce:

1. pip install homeassistant
2. start home assistant
3. wait 1-5 minutes for error

Traceback (if applicable):

Additional info:

[ghost]

Strangely, running pip install pychromecast and then restarting hass resolves the error, but it then times out connecting to the device.

[ghost]

Seems to be this error: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/installation-on-64-bit-windows-10/140

Same issue on Python 3.6.1, even running as Administrator!

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