Pip not working on windows 10, freezes command promt

Question

I recently installed Python for windows 10 and need to use pip command to install requests package. However, whenever I try to use pip in cmd it just freezes my command prompt.

Using CTRL+C, CTRL+D or any command like that to cancel it does not work either, the prompt just freezes like its waiting for input or something, but I get no output or any clue about what to do. Picture of command promt when its frozen

I've set the PATH variable correctly, and my computer finds pip and launches it, but it just freezes. I've also tried reinstalling python countless times and manually reinstalling pip but nothing seems to do the trick.

EDIT: (Solution) Using easy_install worked for me (thank you Marco) so I could install the packages I needed for my project. I also managed to fix pip using easy_install so pip also works for me now. The solution to fixing pip was: easy_install pip

Answer 1

I had exactly the same problem here (Windows 10.0.10240). After typing just "pip" and hitting enter, nothing else happened on the console. This problem was affecting including other .exe compiled python related scripts like mezzanine-project.exe.

The antivirus AVAST was the culprit (in my case) !!!

After disabling AVAST files module (or uninstalling AVAST) pip started working again.