How can I get unstuck from CondaUpgradeError “A newer version of conda is required.”?

Question

I attempted to downgrade my conda version. With conda at version 4.6.2, I ran conda install conda=4.5.12. I then went to run other conda commands, but was met

Answer 1

In Windows, if you have Anaconda Navigator installed, open it and update the conda version there from the GUI.