# Could not run Anaconda powershell prompt (miniconda3) on windows

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/could-not-run-anaconda-powershell-prompt-miniconda3-on-windows/52587>\
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**Created:** [March 19, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/could-not-run-anaconda-powershell-prompt-miniconda3-on-windows/52587 "2023-03-19T10:21:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/could-not-run-anaconda-powershell-prompt-miniconda3-on-windows/52587/1 "2023-03-19T10:21:34Z")

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When open Anaconda prompt (miniconda3) , it works correctly, but Anaconda powershell prompt (miniconda3), it gives this output, why?

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```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\exceptions.py", line 1124, in __call__
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 94, in main_sourced
    print(activator.execute(), end="")
UnicodeEncodeError: 'gbk' codec can't encode character '\u202a' in position 1556: illegal multibyte sequence

```

`$ C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\Scripts\conda-script.py shell.powershell activate base`

environment variables:  
CIO\_TEST=  
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\bin;C:\Program  
Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\lib\dt.jar;C:\Program  
Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\lib\tools.jar  
CONDA\_EXE=C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\Scripts\conda.exe  
CONDA\_ROOT=C:\ProgramData\miniconda3  
CURL\_CA\_BUNDLE=  
HOMEPATH=\Users\13216  
LD\_PRELOAD=  
PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot\bin;C:\Program  
Files\Microsoft\jdk-11.0.12.7-hotspot\bin;C:\Program  
Files\PlasticSCM5\server;C:\Program  
Files\PlasticSCM5\client;C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer Chroma  
SDK\bin;C:\Program Files\Razer Chroma SDK\bin;C:\Program Files  
(x86)\Razer\ChromaBroadcast\bin;C:\Program  
Files\Razer\ChromaBroadcast\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft  
MPI\Bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\bin;C:\Program  
Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\jre\bin;C:\Program Files\Common  
Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle  
Java\javapath;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;  
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSS  
H;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program  
Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\dotnet;C:\mi  
ngw64\bin;C:\browser\_driver;C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\A  
ppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\W  
INDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WI  
NDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client  
SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet-core-  
uninstall;C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\bin;C:\Program  
Files\nodejs;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program  
Files\Git\cmd;‪C:\Program Files\PTC\PTC\_D\_SSQ.dat;C:\Program Files  
(x86)\SmartIDE;C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin;C:\Progra  
mData\DockerDesktop\version-bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WIND  
OWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDO  
WS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS  
Code\bin;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\P  
rograms\Python\Python310\Scripts;C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\Program  
s\Python\Python310;C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps  
;C:\Program Files\Bandizip;C:\Users\13216.dotnet\tools;C:\Program  
Files\Azure Data  
Studio\bin;C:\Users\13216\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files\CMake\b  
in;C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\scripts;C:\Users\132  
16.dotnet\tools;C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps  
PSMODULEPATH=C:\Users\13216\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\Wi  
ndowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Mod  
ules  
REQUESTS\_CA\_BUNDLE=  
SSL\_CERT\_FILE=

```
 active environment : None
   user config file : C:\Users\13216\.condarc

```

populated config files : C:\Users\13216.condarc  
conda version : 23.1.0  
conda-build version : not installed  
python version : 3.10.9.final.0  
virtual packages : \_\_archspec=1=x86\_64  
\_\_cuda=12.1=0  
\_\_win=0=0  
base environment : C:\ProgramData\miniconda3 (writable)  
conda av data dir : C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\etc\conda  
conda av metadata url : None  
channel URLs : [http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/anaconda/cloud/conda-forge/win-64](http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/anaconda/cloud/conda-forge/win-64)  
[Error](http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/anaconda/cloud/conda-forge/noarch)  
package cache : C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\pkgs  
C:\Users\13216.conda\pkgs  
C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs  
envs directories : C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs  
C:\Users\13216.conda\envs  
C:\Users\13216\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs  
platform : win-64  
user-agent : conda/23.1.0 requests/2.28.1 CPython/3.10.9 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.22621  
administrator : True  
netrc file : None  
offline mode : False

An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.