code: def protect_pip_from_modification_on_windows(modifying_pip):
      
      pip_names = [
          "pip.exe",
          "pip{}.exe".format(sys.version_info[0]),
          "pip{}.{}.exe".format(*sys.version_info[:2])
      ]
  
      # See https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/1299 for more discussion
      should_show_use_python_msg = (
          modifying_pip and
          WINDOWS and
          os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) in pip_names
      )
  
      if should_show_use_python_msg:
          new_command = [
              sys.executable, "-m", "pip"
          ] + sys.argv[1:]
          raise CommandError(
              'To modify pip, please run the following command:\n{}'
              .format(" ".join(new_command))
          )
docs: Protection of pip.exe from modification on Windows
  
      On Windows, any operation modifying pip should be run as:
          python -m pip ...