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Basic python commands no longer recognised in VS Code [duplicate]

I installed Anaconda3 4.4.0 (32 bit) on my Windows 7 Professional machine and imported NumPy and Pandas on Jupyter notebook so I assume Python was installed correctly. But when I type conda list and conda --version in command prompt, it says conda is not recognized as internal or external command.
I have set environment variable for Anaconda3; Variable Name: Path, Variable Value: C:\Users\dipanwita.neogy\Anaconda3
How do I make it work?

I was faced with the same issue in windows 10, Updating the environment variable following steps, it's working fine.
I know It is a lengthy answer for the simple environment setups, I thought it's may be useful for the new window 10 users.
1) Open Anaconda Prompt:
2) Check Conda Installed Location.
where conda
3) Open Advanced System Settings
4) Click on Environment Variables
5) Edit Path
6) Add New Path
C:\Users\RajaRama\Anaconda3\Scripts
C:\Users\RajaRama\Anaconda3
C:\Users\RajaRama\Anaconda3\Library\bin
7) Open Command Prompt and Check Versions
8) After 7th step type
conda install anaconda-navigator in cmd then press y

Although you were offered a good solution by others I think it is helpful to point out what is really happening. As per the Anaconda 4.4 changelog, https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/reference/release-notes/#what-s-new-in-anaconda-4-4:
On Windows, the PATH environment variable is no longer changed by default, as this can cause trouble with other software. The recommended approach is to instead use Anaconda Navigator or the Anaconda Command Prompt (located in the Start Menu under “Anaconda”) when you wish to use Anaconda software.
(Note: recent Win 10 does not assume you have privileges to install or update. If the command fails, right-click on the Anaconda Command Prompt, choose "More", chose "Run as administrator")
This is a change from previous installations. It is suggested to use Navigator or the Anaconda Prompt although you can always add it to your PATH as well. During the install the box to add Anaconda to the PATH is now unchecked but you can select it.

I found the solution.
Variable value should be C:\Users\dipanwita.neogy\Anaconda3\Scripts

When you install anaconda on windows now, it doesn't automatically add Python or Conda to your path.
While during the installation process you can check this box, you can also add python and/or python to your path manually (as you can see below the image)
If you don’t know where your conda and/or python is, you type the following commands into your anaconda prompt
where python
where conda
Next, you can add Python and Conda to your path by using the setx command in your command prompt (replace C:\Users\mgalarnyk\Anaconda2 with the results you got when running where python and where conda).
SETX PATH "%PATH%;C:\Users\mgalarnyk\Anaconda2\Scripts;C:\Users\mgalarnyk\Anaconda2"
Next close that command prompt and open a new one. Congrats you can now use conda and python
Source: https://medium.com/#GalarnykMichael/install-python-on-windows-anaconda-c63c7c3d1444

Just to be clear, you need to go to the controlpanel\System\Advanced system settings\Environment Variables\Path,
then hit edit and add:
C:Users\user.user\Anaconda3\Scripts
to the end and restart the cmd line

In addition to adding C:\Users\yourusername\Anaconda3 and C:\Users\yourusername\Anaconda3\Scripts, as recommended by Raja (above), also add C:\Users\yourusername\Anaconda3\Library\bin to your path variable. This will prevent an SSL error that is bound to happen if you're performing this on a fresh install of Anaconda.

If you have a newer version of the Anaconda Navigator, open the Anaconda Prompt program that came in the install. Type all the usual conda update/conda install commands there.
I think the answers above explain this, but I could have used a very simple instruction like this. Perhaps it will help others.

Go To anaconda prompt(type "anaconda" in search box in your laptop). type following commands
where conda
add that location to your environment path variables. Close the cmd and open it again

This problem arose for me when I installed Anaconda multiple times. I was careful to do an uninstall but there are some things that the uninstall process doesn't undo.
In my case, I needed to remove a file Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 from ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\. I identified that this file was the culprit by opening it in a text editor. I saw that it referenced the old installation location C:\Anaconda3\.

For conda --version greater than 4.6, from the base of your Anaconda promt, run
conda update conda
conda init
This will update your conda root environment and setup the stuff you need to run it on both cwd and powershell.
After this, you can start any terminal and it will be conda ready.

If you don't want to add Anaconda to env. path and you are using Windows try this:
Open cmd;
Type path to your folder instalation. It's something like:
C:\Users\your_home folder\Anaconda3\Scripts
Test Anaconda, for exemple type conda --version.
Update Anaconda: conda update conda or conda update --all or conda update anaconda.
Update Spyder:
conda update qt pyqt
conda update spyder

I have Windows 10 64 bit, this worked for me,
This solution can work for both (Anaconda/MiniConda) distributions.
First of all try to uninstall anaconda/miniconda which is causing problem.
After that delete '.anaconda' and '.conda' folders from 'C:\Users\'
If you have any antivirus software installed then try to exclude all the folders,subfolders inside 'C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\' from
Behaviour detection.
Virus detection.
DNA scan.
Suspicious files scan.
Any other virus protection mode.
*(Note: 'C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3' this folder is default installation folder, you can change it just replace your excluded path at installation destination prompt while installing Anaconda)*
Now install Anaconda with admin privileges.
Set the installation path as 'C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3' or you can specify your custom path just remember it should not contain any white space and it should be excluded from virus detection.
At Advanced Installation Options you can check "Add Anaconda to my PATH environment variable(optional)" and "Register Anaconda as my default Python 3.6"
Install it with further default settings. Click on finish after done.
Restart your computer.
Now open Command prompt or Anaconda prompt and check installation using following command
conda list
If you get any package list then the anaconda/miniconda is successfully installed.

I have just launched anaconda-navigator and run the conda commands from there.

For those who didn't check "Add Anaconda to my PATH environment variable". In Windows 10 it looks like that:
5 paths:
C:\Users\shtosh\anaconda3
C:\Users\shtosh\anaconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bin
C:\Users\shtosh\anaconda3\Library\usr\bin
C:\Users\shtosh\anaconda3\Library\bin
C:\Users\shtosh\anaconda3\Scripts

if you use chocolatey, conda is in C:\tools\Anaconda3\Scripts

I had this problem in windows. Most of the answers are not as recommended by anaconda, you should not add the path to the environment variables as it can break other things. Instead you should use anaconda prompt as mentioned in the top answer.
However, this may also break. In this case right click on the shortcut, go to shortcut tab, and the target value should read something like:
%windir%\System32\cmd.exe "/K" C:\Users\myUser\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat C:\Users\myUser\Anaconda3

How to create a conda environment shortcut on Windows

With Anaconda installed I got a anaconda base shortcut on Windows startmanu. To open the virtualenv I created (e.g., myenv), I have to click the anaconda base and type in activate myenv in the opened cmd window.
How can I create a shortcut to get to myenv with one-click, without open-and-typing like the above?
I've tried to create a copy of the base shortcut and change its command property i.e., %windir%\System32\cmd.exe "/K" C:\Programs\anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat C:\Programs\anaconda3\envs\myenv. It does open the myenv cmdline, but seemed lost some buildin command,like conda.
I guess I need a little bit help on Windows bat skills.

putting the comments above together in a simple batch script works flawlessly:
#echo off
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe "/K" C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat <env-name>

The following works for me. The only change is that the parameter to activate.bat is simply the env name (not the full path) as you would normally type it after an activate command. Your quotes were fine, BTW. For instance:
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe "/K" C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat myenv

Mine automatically created a shortcut for Spyder with this format:
C:\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe C:\Anaconda3\cwp.py C:\Anaconda3\envs\py36 C:\Anaconda3\envs\py36\pythonw.exe C:\Anaconda3\envs\py36\Scripts\spyder-script.py

Before creating new environment you can specify:
conda config --set shortcuts true
After that, you can see shortcuts for your new environment.

I use ConEmu terminal, with traditional cmd.exe shell. Here's what my shortcut to MiniConda3 looks like:
C:\Users\nmz787\Downloads\conemu_22_08_07\ConEmu64.exe -run {Shells::cmd} & C:\Users\nmz787\Miniconda3\condabin\conda.bat activate

You can get around this by installing the conda package into the environment that you want to activate.
From an Anaconda Prompt (from where conda is already accessible):
conda install -n myenv conda
Then you can create a windows shortcut with target %windir%\system32\cmd.exe "/K" C:\appl\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat myenv
This is suboptimal as it pollutes your environment with the conda dependencies, and I wouldn't recommend it.
The other alternative is to add the C:\Anaconda3\Scripts directory to the PATH environment variable.

Activating Anaconda Environment in VsCode

I have Anaconda working on my system and VsCode working, but how do I get VsCode to activate a specific environment when running my python script?

Simply use
shift + cmd + P
Search Select Interpreter
Select it and it will show you the list of your virtual environment created via conda and other python versions
select the environment and you are ready to go.
Quoting the 'Select and activate an environment' docs
Selecting an interpreter from the list adds an entry for python.pythonPath with
the path to the interpreter inside your Workspace Settings.

If Anaconda is your default Python install then it just works if you install the Microsoft Python extension.
The following should work regardless of Python editor or if you need to point to a specific install:
In settings.json edit python.path with something like
"python.pythonPath": "C:\\Anaconda3\\envs\\py34\\python.exe"
Instructions to edit settings.json

Setting python.pythonPath in VSCode's settings.json file doesn't work for me, but another method does. According to the Anaconda documentation at Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code):
When you launch VS Code from Navigator, VS Code is configured to use the Python interpreter in the currently selected environment.

The best option I found is to set the python.venvPath parameter in vscode settings to your anaconda envs folder.
"python.venvPath": "/Users/[...]/Anaconda3/envs"
Then if you bring up the command palette (ctl + shift + P on windows/linux, cmd + shift + P on mac) and type Python: Select Workspace Interpreter all your envs will show up and you can select which env to use.
The python extension will also need to be installed for the Select Workspace Interpreter option.
Note: The Select Workspace Interpreter takes around 10 seconds to come up on my computer using the current version of VSCode.

Although approved answer is correct, I want to show a bit different approach (based on this answer).
Vscode can automatically choose correct anaconda environment if you start vscode from it. Just add to user/workspace settings:
{
"python.pythonPath": "C:/<proper anaconda path>/Anaconda3/envs/${env:CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV}/python"
}
It works on Windows, macOS and probably Unix. Further read on variable substitution in vscode: here.

Unfortunately, this does not work on macOS. Despite the fact that I have export CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV='$HOME/anaconda3/envs/dev' in my .zshrc and "python.pythonPath": "${env.CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV}/bin/python",
in my VSCode prefs, the built-in terminal does not use that environment's Python, even if I have started VSCode from the command line where that variable is set.

Just launch the VS Code from the Anaconda Navigator. It works for me.

Find a note here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_conda-environments
As noted earlier, the Python extension automatically detects existing
conda environments provided that the environment contains a Python
interpreter. For example, the following command creates a conda
environment with the Python 3.4 interpreter and several libraries,
which VS Code then shows in the list of available interpreters:
conda create -n env-01 python=3.4 scipy=0.15.0 astroid babel
In contrast, if you fail to specify an interpreter, as with conda create
--name env-00, the environment won't appear in the list.

If you need an independent environment for your project:
Install your environment to your project folder using the --prefix option:
conda create --prefix C:\your\workspace\root\awesomeEnv\ python=3
In VSCode launch.json configuration set your "pythonPath" to:
"pythonPath":"${workspaceRoot}/awesomeEnv/python.exe"

Python Path is now deprecated and now you should set Conda Path instead. This way you can pick different environements on the fly.
Click ctrl + , then search for Conda Path and add absolute path to script, e.g.:
C:\Users\{myUser}\miniconda3\Scripts\conda.exe
Pick specific environment for each project in bottom left corner or through Command Pallete (ctrl + Shift + P -> search Python: Select Interpreter)

The simplest way to do it -
First open up terminal or command line and navigate to the project directory where you created the virtual environment.
Then activate the virtual environment with the command
conda activate venv_name
Once activated, in terminal type -
code .
This will open the vscode with the activated virtual environment. Look at the bottom of the pic. The dot after code . tells terminal to open the current directory in vscode.

I found out that if we do not specify which python version we want the environment which is created is completely empty. Thus, to resolve this issue what I did is that I gave the python version as well. i.e
conda create --name env_name python=3.6
so what it does now is that it installs python 3.6 and now we can select the interpreter. For that follow the below-mentioned steps:
Firstly, open the command palette using Ctrl + Shift + P
Secondly, Select Python: select Interpreter
Now, Select Enter interpreter path
We have to add the path where the env is, the default location will be
C:\Users\YourUserName\Anaconda3\envs\env_name
Finally, you have successfully activated your environment.
It might now be the best way but it worked for me. Let me know if there is any issue.

I found a hacky solution replace your environment variable for the original python file so instead it can just call from the python.exe from your anaconda folder, so when you reference python it will reference anaconda's python.
So your only python path in env var should be like:
"C:\Anaconda3\envs\py34\", or wherever the python executable lives
If you need more details I don't mind explaining. :)

As I was not able to solve my problem by suggested ways, I will share how I fixed it.
First of all, even if I was able to activate an environment, the corresponding environment folder was not present in C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs directory.
So I created a new anaconda environment using Anaconda prompt,
a new folder named same as your given environment name will be created in the envs folder.
Next, I activated that environment in Anaconda prompt.
Installed python with conda install python command.
Then on anaconda navigator, selected the newly created environment in the 'Applications on' menu.
Launched vscode through Anaconda navigator.
Now as suggested by other answers, in vscode, opened command palette with Ctrl + Shift + P keyboard shortcut.
Searched and selected Python: Select Interpreter
If the interpreter with newly created environment isn't listed out there, select Enter Interpreter Path and choose the newly created python.exe which is located similar to C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\<your-new-env>\ .
So the total path will look like C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\<your-nev-env>\python.exe
Next time onwards the interpreter will be automatically listed among other interpreters.
Now you might see your selected conda environment at bottom left side in vscode.

"python.pythonPath" is deprecated, quote from vscode:
The "python.pythonPath" setting in your settings.json is no longer
used by the Python extension. If you want, you can use a new setting
called "python.defaultInterpreterPath" instead. Keep in mind that you
need to change the value of this setting manually as the Python
extension doesn’t modify it when you change interpreters. Learn more.
Thus, IF you want to assign the path manually (not reccommended, as explained above), open the "settings.json" of your workspace or the default one and use
{
"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "C:\\Users\\MYUSER\\anaconda3\\envs\\testenv\\python.exe"
}

Use Conda environment in pycharm

Conda env is activated using source activate env_name.
How can I activate the environment in pycharm ?

open
pycharm/preferences/project/Project Interpreter
And check existing interpreter. Conda environments may already be listed there.
If not exists, you can create a new conda environment with "Create Conda Env" button
If you are looking for a specific conda environment you can use 'add local'. When you click 'add local' you will input conda environment path + /bin/python
You can list all conda environment in your system with following commnad.
>>conda info --env
# conda environments:
#
tensorflow * /Users/username/miniconda3/envs/tensorflow
you can chose the approach best fits your needs.

The best PyCharm specific answer is this one by wasabi (below).
In general though, if you want to use an interpreter from within a Conda environment then you can change the location of the interpreter to point to the particular environment that you want to use e.g. /home/username/miniconda/envs/bunnies as mentioned in this comment.
However, as mentioned in this answer by Mark Turner, it is possible to have a shell script executed when activating an environment. This method will not run that shell script, but you can follow his workaround if you need that shell script run:
open a conda prompt
activate the environment
run pycharm from the conda prompt

How about environment.yml
Pycharm can create a new conda environment indeed. Unfortunately, until this issue is fixed, it won't offer environment.yml support, which means it won't install the dependencies declared there.
When working on a project based on such a file, you need to create / update the dedicated env manually on your machine:
conda env create -n <my-project>
Then remember to update each time environment.yml changes (from you or upstream).
conda env update -n <my-project>
Not ideal

As mentioned in one of the comments above, activating an environment can run scripts that perform other actions such as setting environment variables. I have worked in one environment that did this. What worked in this scenario was to:
open a conda prompt
activate the environment
run pycharm from the conda prompt
Pycharm then had access to the environment variables that were set by activating the environment.

I had the same problem i am on windows 10 professional 64 bit
my solution was to start Pycharm as adminstrator and it worked

Go to settings at the top right corner of the PyCharm IDE.
Go to Project:{Your Project Name}->Python Interpreter
Go to the settings inside here and click add:
In Add Python Interpreter select conda env
Select existing environment and click on your required conda environment path from the dropdown menu OR add the path of the python.exe file in your conda environment. As a reference, I am adding the path for my windows10 system: C:\Users\maria\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\envs<mycondaenv>\python.exe It can vary for your system based on installation configs.

It seems important to me to know, that setting project interpreter as described in wasabi's comment does not actually activate the conda environment.
I had issue with running xgboost (that I installed with conda) inside PyCharm and it turned out that it also need some folders added to PATH. In the end I had to make do with an ugly workaround:
Find out what are the additional folders in PATH for given environment (with echo %PATH% in cmd)
In the file I wish to run put to the top before anything else:
import os
os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + os.pathsep.join(my_extra_folders_list)
I know this is not at all proper solution, but i was unable to find any other beside what Mark Turner mentioned in his comment.

To use Conda environment as PyCharm interpreter
activate Conda environment from Conda navigator
open PyCharm from the navigator tool list
in Conda Add interpreter section choose existing Conda environment and it automatically recognises the path of that environment's python.exe file

First , select Interpreter setting ... in right bottom of Pycharm.
Then choose python.exe from your desired conda environment.
My environment path is : C:\Users\javadsh\anaconda3\envs\tf-gpu\python.exe

Go to Pycharm -> Preferences -> Project Interpreter. At the top left of the packages table there is a plus sign, minus sign, a green circle and an eye; uncheck the green sign; that will let you have access to the packages while using conda environment.

Anaconda Python: where are the virtual environments stored?

I am new to Anaconda Python and I am setting up a project in Sublime Text 3. I have installed Anaconda and created a virtual environment using:
conda create -n python27 python=2.7 anaconda
conda create -n python35 python=3.5 anaconda
I am having trouble setting up the Virtualenvs plugin for SublimeText 3.
When I try, it asks me for a virtualenvs path which I give:
~/users/../anaconda/envs/python27
Then it asks for what I'm assuming is a path to a python distribution because it lists file paths for the system versions of python -- but not the anaconda install.
I have no real desire to use the plug in, I just want to be able to use both versions of python. Could I use a project settings file to set the version of python instead?

If you activate the environment you're interested in, you can find that answer in the environment variables.
on MacOS/Linux:
source activate python35
echo $CONDA_PREFIX
on Windows:
conda activate python35
echo %CONDA_PREFIX%
You can also run conda info --envs, and that will show the paths to all your environments.
To get the path to the instance of python being used by a particular environment, do the following:
on MacOS/Linux:
source activate python35
which python
on Windows:
conda activate python35
where python
That should return the path you're looking for.

You can run the command conda info.
This will output something like this:
envs directories : C:\Users\Geo\.local\Miniconda3\envs
C:\Users\Geo\.conda\envs
C:\Users\Geo\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
I have installed conda at C:\Users\Geo\.local\Miniconda3.
Then with the command conda info -e you get the location of each environment.
(base) C:\Users\Geo>conda info -e
# conda environments:
#
miniconda2 C:\Users\Geo\.conda\envs\miniconda2
base * C:\Users\Geo\.local\Miniconda3
anaconda3 C:\Users\Geo\.local\Miniconda3\envs\anaconda3
ml C:\Users\Geo\.local\Miniconda3\envs\ml

Your environments are located in Anaconda3\envs\<yourEnv_directory>\

To answer your question the folder for your python binaries and packages for the environment are located in ~Anaconda_installation_folder~/envs/python35.
But I cannot really say if that solves your problem. Normally you just switch to your environment source activate python35 and then type python. This will automatically give you the "right" python executable. So if you have a package you could use:
source activate python35
python setup.py install
# Now it is installed in your python35 environment
source activate python27
python setup.py install
# Now it is also installed in your python27 environment
Just change python setup.py install to what you want to do in the environment. I don't have any experience using Sublime Text and what you mean with build system. But you can always use something like tox which automates a lot of these manual builds.

None of the other windows solutions worked for me so I'm providing my own. Activate the environment inside anaconda prompt, then issue the command 'where python' and you'll likely see multiple results but one of them, most likely the top one, is the one you're after. For me, my environments were located in AppData\Local... which is not what anyone else had mentioned but the best solution is to use 'where python' which should result in an answer regardless of how you've installed Anaconda.

For me, with default anaconda settings and Windows 10, the path that displays after activating the environment is C:\Users\usrname>, but it does not contain an Anaconda3 folder. However, it contains a .conda folder that contains an environments.txt file that lists all conda environments and their locations. By default, the environment folders were stored in:
C:\Users\usrname\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\EnvName

None of the above worked. In the end, I found mine at:
c:\Users\myusername\venvs\test1-V7fphpR9\

Open your c directory
Go to Users and then Open your naming folder (in my case Suman Biswas)
Fiend Anaconda3 folder
Fiend the folder envs in Anaconda3
Now you can see your virtual environment
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On Windows 10 x64 and Anaconda3, the python interpreter for a newly created environment "my_env" would appear here:
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\my_env\python.exe
Or here:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\my_env
Check both places.
Update 2020-07-17
If Anaconda is installed as Administrator, then the default is one location.
If Anaconda is not installed as Administrator, then it appears in a different location.