Anaconda virtual environment won't start?

Question

So I'm trying to create a virtual environment that runs python 3.5 with Anaconda. To do that, I created a virtual environment like so:

conda create --name pythonScrapy python=3.5

and then tried to run it by calling:

activate pythonScrapy

But when I then call conda info --envs, while the new environment shows up, the * signifying which environment is being used is stuck on the root one. What can be the reason that the comp is not switching my virual environments??

Try running in cmd shell or the anaconda shell. It should work — Amit Verma
@Amit It worked on the cmd thank you!! Why wouldn't this work on powershell? — ocean800
Powershell doesn't support activate. You can try call activate pythonScrapy — Amit Verma

Amit Verma Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-06T21:00:09

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Powershell doesn't support activate. use cmd or anaconda shell.

Anaconda virtual environment won't start?

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