Anaconda Navigator - Multiple Errors Encountered

Question

I recently broke my installation of Anaconda Navigator by using:

conda update --all -y

Apparently this is not uncommon, and it was a good excuse to reinstall Anaconda and start a new environment from scratch.

However, my new installation gives the following error, when trying to install any libraries:

I have tried:

• Windows uninstall of Anaconda, followed by reboot, then reinstall
• uninstall/reboot/install as admin
• uninstall/reboot/manually delete various remaining folders in the User directory/reboot/reinstall
• etc etc

All these methods produce this error, when trying to install libraries.

• install libraries using Anaconda console works fine
• there aren't any problems in Windows' PATH
• conda is up to date

What's going on!?

Answer 1

If you install Anaconda as admin, then you need to launch it as admin every time you run updates.

You can enable this behaviour by default by navigating to the Anaconda launch shortcut, right-click > Properties, go to Shortcut tab, click Advanced, and tick 'Always launch as administrator'.

Answer 2

Have you tried to create a new environment? I had the same message in another situation and that's what worked for me.