Anaconda3 activate.bat is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I have downloaded Anaconda3 for windows 64-bit operating system. After the download and install completed, I opened the Anaconda prompt but it give me this nice error:

Answer 1

This is a known Anaconda bug: From their Github:

" I have fixed the underlying bug here but we will not release new Anaconda installers for a while.

The fix is in the latest Miniconda installers:

64-bit: https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe

32-bit: https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86.exe https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Windows-x86.exe

Install those, then run the Anaconda Prompt and install whatever packages you need. If you want the latest full Anaconda release then use:

conda install anaconda=5.0.1"

Check this github thread for the full answer: https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/6053