Conda environments detected as Python installs (not conda) when conda not on PATH.

[brettcannon]

If you install e.g. miniconda3 and leave it off your PATH as the installer says to, then any created conda environments show up as a Python install and not a conda environment.

[karosc]

I have the same problem. A work around is to edit C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.cmd and launch code using that.

1. open C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.cmd with a text editor like notepad++
2. at the top of the file add line with set PATH={insert anaconda paths here};%PATH%
3. point your VS Code shortcuts to C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.cmd instead of C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
4. FOR THE BRAVE ONLY (to correct the shortcut in your windows context menu)
   a. run regedit
   b. navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\VSCode\command
   c. In that entry you will see a key with the string"C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "%1"......edit the string to be "C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.cmd" "%1"

This way every time you launch VS Code, the PATH is edited for that instance of the program only without touching your global PATH.

[brettcannon]

Will probably be fixed as part of #2266 .

[ericsnowcurrently]

FYI, Anaconda stopped adding itself to PATH in 4.4.0;

[DonJayamanne]

@ericsnowcurrently
Here's what'll need to be done:

• Add setting for conda path in settings.json
  You need to add a setting in IPythonSettings and make necessary changes to configSettings.ts to read the value and assign it
• Modify getCondaFileImpl of condaServie.ts to use the value provided in the above IPythonSettings for conda.

[DonJayamanne]

@ericsnowcurrently
You failed to make the following changes:

You need to add a setting in IPythonSettings and make necessary changes to configSettings.ts to read the value and assign it