Add Anaconda Prompt to Windows right click context menu

add_anaconda_right_click_menu.md

This gist describes how to add Anaconda Prompt to the Windows right click context menu. This is because at some point, Anaconda no longer adds itself to the PATH after installation.

1. Run regedit.exe
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Directory > Background > shell
3. Add a key named AnacondaPrompt and set its value to "Anaconda Prompt Here" (or anything you'd like it to appear as in the right click context menu)
4. Add a key under this key, called command, and set its value to cmd.exe /K C:\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat (may have to change the activate.bat file to whereever Anaconda is installed)

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Very helpful to me as well. I had to add a directory change to get the prompt started in the folder where the context menu was selected. Like this:
cmd.exe /K "cd %1" && C:\anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat

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This command worked for me
cmd.exe /K "cd %V" && C:\anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat

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I did this and the anaconda prompt came for a second and just crashed, help?

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Great. Special thanks to @Maharramoff and @p2jones

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For me this is just opening a command prompt at the anaconda location... nanyone has had the same issue?

Thanks a lot! This hack is working with my windows 11, too! (However, one more extra click is needed (feature of windows 11) compared with windows 10.)

This is really cool and thank you very much!

does anyone know how to specify which environment you want to open?

well, didn't work for me. Tried the above variables for "cd %V" etc. Do I need to reboot?

For me this is just opening a command prompt at the anaconda location... nanyone has had the same issue?

did you solve it?

Any ideas, thanks in advance

Thanks a lot!