anaconda - path environment variable in windows

Question

I am trying to run python from the windows command prompt  windows 10   So the result is the typical one when the path environment variable is not configured   c  windows system32 gt python  python  is not recognized as an internal or external command  operable  program or batch file   however  I am not sure which is the right directory I should set up in the path variable   I tried a few variations  and none of them work  including   c  users xxx anaconda3 c  users xxx anaconda3 Scripts c  users xxx anaconda3 libs python34   and none of them works   Does anyone have experience with this particular system constellation  windows  anaconda   Thanks

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To export the exact set of paths used by Anaconda, use the command echo %PATH% in Anaconda Prompt. This is needed to avoid problems with certain libraries such as SSL.

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54240362/663028

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The default location for python exe should be here  c  users xxx anaconda3 One solution to find where it is  is to open the Anaconda Prompt then execute    gt  where python   This will return the absolute path of locations of python eg    base  C   gt where python C  Users Chad Anaconda3 python exe C  ProgramData Miniconda2 python exe C  dev Python27 python exe C  dev Python34 python exe

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Instead of giving the path following way   C  Users User name AppData Local Continuum anaconda3 python exe   Do this   C  Users User name AppData Local Continuum anaconda3

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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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Provide the Directory Folder path where python exe is available in Anaconda folder like C  Users user name Anaconda3   This should must work

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C  Users  Anaconda3  I just added above path   to my path environment variables and it worked  Now  all we have to do is to move to the  py script location directory  open the cmd with that location and run to see the output

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You could also just re-install Anaconda  and tick the option add variable to Path   This will prevent you from making mistakes when editing environment variables  If you make mistakes here  your operating system could start malfunctioning

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I want to mention that in some win 10 systems  Microsoft pre-installed a python  Thus  in order to invoke the python installed in the anaconda  you should adjust the order of the environment variable to ensure that the anaconda has a higher priority

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it turns out I was mistaken   Solution is  in anaconda  as well as in other implementations   set the path environment variable to the directory where  python exe  is installed   As a default  the python exe file in anaconda is in   c        anaconda   after you do that  obviously  the python command works  in my case  yielding the following   python Python 3 4 3  Anaconda 2 2 0   64 bit   default  Nov 7 2015   etc  etc

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In windows 10 you can find it here   C  Users  USER  AppData Local conda conda envs  ENVIRONMENT  python exe

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You can also run conda init as below  C  ProgramData Anaconda3 Scripts conda init cmd exe  or C  ProgramData Anaconda3 Scripts conda init powershell  Note that the execution policy of powershell must be set  e g  using Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

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