Conda is not recognized as internal or external command

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I installed Anaconda3 4 4 0  32 bit  on my Windows 7 Professional machine and imported NumPy and Pandas on Jupyter notebook so I assume Python was installed correctly  But when I type conda list and conda --version in command prompt  it says conda is not recognized as internal or external command   I have set environment variable for Anaconda3  Variable Name  Path  Variable Value  C  Users dipanwita neogy Anaconda3  How do I make it work

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Although you were offered a good solution by others I think it is helpful to point out what is really happening. As per the Anaconda 4.4 changelog, https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/reference/release-notes/#what-s-new-in-anaconda-4-4:

On Windows, the PATH environment variable is no longer changed by default, as this can cause trouble with other software. The recommended approach is to instead use Anaconda Navigator or the Anaconda Command Prompt (located in the Start Menu under “Anaconda”) when you wish to use Anaconda software.

(Note: recent Win 10 does not assume you have privileges to install or update. If the command fails, right-click on the Anaconda Command Prompt, choose "More", chose "Run as administrator")

This is a change from previous installations. It is suggested to use Navigator or the Anaconda Prompt although you can always add it to your PATH as well. During the install the box to add Anaconda to the PATH is now unchecked but you can select it.

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If you don t want to add Anaconda to env  path and you are using Windows try this     Open cmd   Type path to your folder instalation  It s something like  C  Users your home folder Anaconda3 Scripts   Test Anaconda  for exemple type conda --version    Update Anaconda  conda update conda or conda update --all or conda update anaconda    Update Spyder     conda update qt pyqt conda update spyder

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I had this problem in windows  Most of the answers are not as recommended by anaconda  you should not add the path to the environment variables as it can break other things  Instead you should use anaconda prompt as mentioned in the top answer   However  this may also break  In this case right click on the shortcut  go to shortcut tab  and the target value should read something like    windir  System32 cmd exe   K  C  Users myUser Anaconda3 Scripts activate bat C  Users myUser Anaconda3

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I have Windows 10 64 bit  this worked for me  This solution can work for both  Anaconda MiniConda  distributions    First of all try to uninstall anaconda miniconda which is causing problem  After that delete   anaconda  and   conda  folders from  C  Users   If you have any antivirus software installed then try to exclude all the folders subfolders inside  C  ProgramData Anaconda3   from   Behaviour detection  Virus detection  DNA scan  Suspicious files scan  Any other virus protection mode      Note   C  ProgramData Anaconda3  this folder is default installation folder  you can change it just replace your excluded path at installation destination prompt while installing Anaconda   Now install Anaconda with admin privileges    Set the installation path as  C  ProgramData Anaconda3  or you can specify your custom path just remember it should not contain any white space and it should be excluded from virus detection  At Advanced Installation Options you can check  Add Anaconda to my PATH environment variable optional   and  Register Anaconda as my default Python 3 6  Install it with further default settings  Click on finish after done  Restart your computer     Now open Command prompt or Anaconda prompt and check installation using following command     conda list   If you get any package list then the anaconda miniconda is successfully installed

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This problem arose for me when I installed Anaconda multiple times   I was careful to do an uninstall but there are some things that the uninstall process doesn t undo   In my case  I needed to remove a file Microsoft PowerShell profile ps1 from   Documents WindowsPowerShell   I identified that this file was the culprit by opening it in a text editor  I saw that it referenced the old installation location C  Anaconda3

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I was faced with the same issue in windows 10  Updating the environment variable following steps  it s working fine   I know It is a lengthy answer for the simple environment setups  I thought it s may be useful for the new window 10 users   1  Open Anaconda Prompt     2  Check Conda Installed Location   where conda     3  Open Advanced System Settings     4  Click on Environment Variables     5  Edit Path     6  Add New Path   C  Users RajaRama Anaconda3 Scripts   C  Users RajaRama Anaconda3   C  Users RajaRama Anaconda3 Library bin     7  Open Command Prompt and Check Versions  8  After 7th step type  conda  install  anaconda-navigator in cmd then press y

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When you install anaconda on windows now  it doesn t automatically add Python or Conda to your path    While during the installation process you can check this box  you can also add python and or python to your path manually  as you can see below the image      If you don   t know where your conda and or python is  you type the following commands into your anaconda prompt  where python where conda   Next  you can add Python and Conda to your path by using the setx command in your command prompt  replace C  Users mgalarnyk Anaconda2 with the results you got when running where python and where conda    SETX PATH   PATH  C  Users mgalarnyk Anaconda2 Scripts C  Users mgalarnyk Anaconda2    Next close that command prompt and open a new one  Congrats you can now use conda and python   Source  https   medium com  GalarnykMichael install-python-on-windows-anaconda-c63c7c3d1444

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Go To anaconda prompt type  anaconda  in search box in your laptop   type following commands  where conda   add that location to your environment path variables  Close the cmd and open it again

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I found the solution   Variable value should be C  Users dipanwita neogy Anaconda3 Scripts

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I have just launched anaconda-navigator and run the conda commands from there

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Just to be clear  you need to go to the controlpanel System Advanced system settings Environment Variables Path  then hit edit and add   C Users user user Anaconda3 Scripts   to the end and restart the cmd line

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In addition to adding C  Users yourusername Anaconda3 and C  Users yourusername Anaconda3 Scripts  as recommended by Raja  above   also add C  Users yourusername Anaconda3 Library bin to your path variable   This will prevent an SSL error that is bound to happen if you re performing this on a fresh install of Anaconda

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If you have a newer version of the Anaconda Navigator  open the Anaconda Prompt program that came in the install   Type all the usual conda update conda install commands there   I think the answers above explain this  but I could have used a very simple instruction like this   Perhaps it will help others

[python] 'Conda' is not recognized as internal or external command

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