Where does Anaconda Python install on Windows

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I installed Anaconda for Python 2 7 on my Windows machine and wanted to add the Anaconda interpreter to PyDev  but quick googling couldn t find the default place where Anaconda installed  and searching SO didn t turn up anything useful  so   Where does Anaconda 4 0 install on Windows 7

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To find where Anaconda was installed I used the "where" command on the command line in Windows.

C:\>where anaconda

which for me returned:

C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\Scripts\anaconda.exe

Which allowed me to find the Anaconda Python interpreter at

C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\python.exe

to update PyDev

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Open the Anaconda Prompt and type    gt  where python

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C  Users  lt Username gt  AppData Local Continuum anaconda2   For me this was the default installation directory on Windows 7  Found it via Rusy s answer

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where conda  F  Users christos Anaconda3 Library bin conda bat  F  Users christos Anaconda3 Scripts conda exe  F  Users christos Anaconda3 condabin conda bat  F  Users christos Anaconda3 Scripts conda exe --version  conda 4 6 11  this worked for me

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Update May 2020  installed Anaconda 3 Individual Edition from https   www anaconda com products individual  chose 32-bit installer for Python 3 7  and installed with Default options     Here is the directory where Anaconda was installed  C  ProgramData Anaconda3   Note ProgramData is a hidden folder not visible via Windows File Explorer    And launching Anaconda command prompt from Start Menu  Anaconda3 gives below command shell     where anaconda  command gives below output C  ProgramData Anaconda3 Scripts anaconda exe and versions for anaconda  conda  python   Updated original question which was asked 3 years ago  and is relevant today as well in May 2020 as I had similar question doubt when installing Anaconda recently

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You can search for  Anaconda prompt  in installed programs and run it   When it opens  it shows the directory anaconda is working from     As you can see c  programdata anaconda2 is my installed directory   side note  programdata folder is hidden in windows so you ll have to enter its path in the folder explorer to access it

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The given answers work if you re in a context where conda is in your PATH environment variable  e g  if you set it up that way during installation  or if you re running the  quot Anaconda Prompt quot   If that s not the case  e g  if you re trying to locate conda for use in a script  you should be able to pick up its installation location by probing HKCU Software Python for available Python installations  For example   gt for  F  quot tokens 2   quot   a in   reg query HKCU Software Python  f InstallPath  s  k  ve    findstr Default   do  echo  b C  Users  lt username gt  Miniconda3 C  Users  lt username gt  Miniconda3

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conda info will display information about the current install  including the active env location which is what you want   Here s my output    base  C  Users USERNAME gt conda info       active environment   base     active env location   C  ProgramData Miniconda3             shell level   1        user config file   C  Users USERNAME  condarc  populated config files             conda version   4 8 2     conda-build version   not installed          python version   3 7 6 final 0        virtual packages     cuda 10 2        base environment   C  ProgramData Miniconda3   read only             channel URLs   https   repo anaconda com pkgs main win-64                           https   repo anaconda com pkgs main noarch                           https   repo anaconda com pkgs r win-64                           https   repo anaconda com pkgs r noarch                           https   repo anaconda com pkgs msys2 win-64                           https   repo anaconda com pkgs msys2 noarch           package cache   C  ProgramData Miniconda3 pkgs                           C  Users USERNAME  conda pkgs                           C  Users USERNAME AppData Local conda conda pkgs        envs directories   C  Users USERNAME  conda envs                           C  ProgramData Miniconda3 envs                           C  Users USERNAME AppData Local conda conda envs                platform   win-64              user-agent   conda 4 8 2 requests 2 22 0 CPython 3 7 6 Windows 10 Windows 10 0 18362           administrator   False              netrc file   None            offline mode   False   If your shell prompt complains that it cannot find the command  it likely means that you installed Anaconda without adding it to the PATH environment variable   If that s the case find and open the Anaconda Prompt and do it from there   Alternatively reinstall Anaconda choosing to add it to the PATH  Or add the variable manually   Anaconda Prompt should be available in your Start Menu  Win  or Applications Menu  macos

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With Anaconda prompt python is available  but on any other command window  python is an unknown program  Apparently Anaconda installation does not update the path for python executable

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This one is easy  When you start the installation  Anaconda asks  Destination Folder  as below screenshot  If you are not sure where did default installation go  double click setup file and see what anaconda offers as a default location

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If you installed as admin   and meant for all users     C  ProgramData Anaconda3 Scripts anaconda exe   If you install as a normal user   C  Users User-Name AppData Local Continuum Anaconda2 Scripts anaconda exe

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