Where does Anaconda Python install on Windows?

To find where Anaconda was installed I used the "where" command on the command line in Windows.

C:\>where anaconda

which for me returned:

C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\Scripts\anaconda.exe

Which allowed me to find the Anaconda Python interpreter at

C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\python.exe

to update PyDev

Open the Anaconda Prompt and type:

> where python

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As you can see c:\programdata\anaconda2 is my installed directory. *side note: programdata folder is hidden in windows so you'll have to enter its path in the folder explorer to access it.

conda info will display information about the current install, including the active env location which is what you want.

Here's my output:

(base) C:\Users\USERNAME>conda info

     active environment : base
    active env location : C:\ProgramData\Miniconda3
            shell level : 1
       user config file : C:\Users\USERNAME\.condarc
 populated config files :
          conda version : 4.8.2
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.7.6.final.0
       virtual packages : __cuda=10.2
       base environment : C:\ProgramData\Miniconda3  (read only)
           channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch
          package cache : C:\ProgramData\Miniconda3\pkgs
                          C:\Users\USERNAME\.conda\pkgs
                          C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
       envs directories : C:\Users\USERNAME\.conda\envs
                          C:\ProgramData\Miniconda3\envs
                          C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
               platform : win-64
             user-agent : conda/4.8.2 requests/2.22.0 CPython/3.7.6 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.18362
          administrator : False
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False

If your shell/prompt complains that it cannot find the command, it likely means that you installed Anaconda without adding it to the PATH environment variable.

If that's the case find and open the Anaconda Prompt and do it from there (the Anaconda Prompt should be available in your Start Menu (Win) or Applications Menu (macos))

Alternatively reinstall Anaconda choosing to add it to the PATH or add the variable manually.

If you installed as admin ( and meant for all users )

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts\anaconda.exe

If you install as a normal user

C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\Scripts\anaconda.exe

where conda

F:\Users\christos\Anaconda3\Library\bin\conda.bat

F:\Users\christos\Anaconda3\Scripts\conda.exe

F:\Users\christos\Anaconda3\condabin\conda.bat

F:\Users\christos\Anaconda3\Scripts\conda.exe --version

conda 4.6.11

this worked for me

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C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda2

For me this was the default installation directory on Windows 7. Found it via Rusy's answer

With Anaconda prompt python is available, but on any other command window, python is an unknown program. Apparently Anaconda installation does not update the path for python executable.

Update May 2020, installed Anaconda 3 Individual Edition from https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual, chose 32-bit installer for Python 3.7, and installed with Default options.

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And launching Anaconda command prompt from Start Menu>>Anaconda3 gives below command shell

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Updated original question which was asked 3 years ago, and is relevant today as well in May 2020 as I had similar question/doubt when installing Anaconda recently.

The given answers work if you're in a context where conda is in your PATH environment variable, e.g. if you set it up that way during installation, or if you're running the "Anaconda Prompt".

If that's not the case, e.g. if you're trying to locate conda for use in a script, you should be able to pick up its installation location by probing HKCU\Software\Python for available Python installations. For example:

>for /F "tokens=2,*" %a in ('reg query HKCU\Software\Python /f InstallPath /s /k /ve ^| findstr Default') do @echo %b
C:\Users\<username>\Miniconda3
C:\Users\<username>\Miniconda3