Failed to create ( add ) Anaconda menus (to the system PATH)

[IkiAlex]

Hey there!
If somebody can help me i'd be very thankful, cause i cant solve this by myself. As i see there is pretty odd issue, and i cant find a solution cause nothing works for me.
I have very new virtual pc ( win xp 64 ) and i'm trying to install anaconda/ miniconda. No matter. So i got 2 errors i *_have *_to ignore :
Failed to create Anaconda menus
Failed to add Anaconda to the system PATH

Ofcourse , if i just ignore this - nothing works. Cant launch even conda :
Failed to create process
Just cant understand why it doesn't work for me. I've installed anaconda on 4 different pc ( all win xp 64 ) And sometime it works, sometime doesn't

Regards, ALex!

[msarahan]

There may be up to three things at play here:

• if you have other versions of python installed and on PATH, the installer may erroneously try to use them to make menus, and will probably fail.
• there was a race condition in the installer scripts that led to deletion of scripts before they finished installing. This fix has not yet been released in a miniconda installer.
• our python 2 installers don't properly support non-ASCII characters right now. Python 3 installers should, but more recent ones do not support Windows XP.

I hope this helps you narrow it down. If you can isolate it, please let us know.

[IkiAlex]

ty for fast reply.

1. I thought about it. That's why i've installed "clean" ver of win xp as virtual machine
   2.I also tried to install anaconda instead miniconda and received the same error. I only work with mini right now,cause it's faster to test (30 vs 300 Mb)
2. I have to use python2. I can't see any non-ASCII chars in any path. Maybe there is some kind of trick i should use to avoid this error with changing some registry key.

[msarahan]

what locale is the system set to? Do you have any way of sharing the VM with us so we can study this more closely? Our main issue in studying this problem has been inability to reproduce it.

[IkiAlex]

sry fo long no-respond .This is exactly what i'm using right now:
https://yadi.sk/d/nnHEzl0WBCumY

[IkiAlex]

Well.... I have nothing to say. Now it works on my vm (2 d ago didnt, now does! ) I did nothing.
And still i cant install it to my work pc ( where i need this )
I just dont know whats going on ...

[msarahan]

It sounds like our race condition is still alive and well. I will try to investigate.

Even when that part of the installer fails, you should be able to use the installed python, though. Open a prompt in the folder where you installed it, and run python from there. Does it work? If not, any error would be helpful to understand why the installer might be failing. If it works and you just want to run with it, you can manually modify PATH and install shortcuts. Let me know if the installed python works, and I'll point you to directions.

[IkiAlex]

Ty for your time,I appreciate You still trying to help. Sry for long no-respond sometimes.
Well, quote : ".. If it works"
I wish...it would be to easy. But it doesn't
"Could not execute specified program" , when i'm trying to run c:\Miniconda2\python.exe
"the application was not running because it is incorrectly configured. Re-installing the application may fix this problem" if i 'm trying to execute python.exe at folder (by double clicking) .
"Failed to create process" when i'm trying to run ..\conda.exe

[IkiAlex]

Well . Seems like i've found the solution. Unfortunately I can't test it now , cause I haven't access for all machines right now , but it works at local pc ( same as others)
The solution was to easy. i only had to install (vcredist_x64.exe , Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup ) I'll reply next week does it rly fixes the problem, but guess so

[g4u55i4n]

Hi Mike, thank you and sorry for that - sounds like incompetence to me

[develmusa]

I had the same problem.
Solution: Execute the "addpath", "mkdirs", and "mkmenus" for the cmd with admin rights.

Without admin permission this error shows up

("Zugriff verweigert" means permission denied)

Here my install log log.txt

[jcmorris-mts]

Just to make SeppDeDepp's answer a bit more convenient...

1. Save the code below as a batch file in <ANACONDA_HOME> where your python is located.
2. Run it as an admin. Works a treat!

Assuming <ANACONDA_HOME> = "C:\Anaconda3"

REM Fix.bat
"C:\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe" -E -s "C:\Anaconda3\Lib\_nsis.py" addpath
"C:\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe" -E -s "C:\Anaconda3\Lib\_nsis.py" mkdirs
"C:\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe" -E -s "C:\Anaconda3\Lib\_nsis.py" mkmenus

[eunseop90]

Hi~

I am trying to install minianaconda, but I cant.
When installing, I had the same problem, and following above method.
Until 'addpath' and 'mkdirs' are worked well, but at entering mkmenus, I have some problem like this.

(I run 'cmd' as admin.)

Please help me :(

[prithvikg]

Did some research and found out it was because my path variable was too long. Windows apparently has a limit of 1024 for path length. so i cleared some variables and reinstalled and it seemed to work fine