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

I had the same issue and solved it like this:

1. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe)

2. Execute these commands to reset two environment variables:

   set PYTHONPATH= set PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

3. Start the installer (from within the same command prompt).

4. Now the installation will succeed!

Tip: if 'Anaconda Prompt' in the start menu isn't working afterwards, use this workaround: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3