# Setting up Anaconda Environment with Visual Studio Code in Windows 10


As a part of TalentAccurate’s python-75-challenge remote hackathon Anaconda Environment setup is very much needed. So, to get started with setting up Anaconda environment and complementing it with Visual Studio Code, follow the below steps -

* Install Anaconda from [Here](https://www.anaconda.com/download/) .

* After you complete installing Anaconda, Open Anaconda Navigator (In windows, you can simply do that by searching for it in the start menu).

* In the Anaconda Navigator, you could easily find an **Environment **tab in the side navigation bar, open it and you can find a create option to the bottom left click on it and head over to next step.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568011519/O0e5XGi0j.png)

* When you click on create a small alert pops up, enter a environment name of your choice (for **example**, py36 ). Please do make note of the location of your environment which is just below the text box.

![create new environment pop-up](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568013253/xh-XWROhP.png)*create new environment pop-up*

* Head over to the location of your environment which you have noted down. (which is of the form C:/Users/…. in windows)

* Open **edit system environment variables **from start menu and and a new window appears then click on **Environment variables > System Variables **then you could find a variable named **path **. Click on edit and add new path to it and paste the location of your Anaconda Environment.

![searching edit system system environment variables](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568014762/AK_4bLH2Z.png)*searching edit system system environment variables*

![clicking on edit will lead you to the below window](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568016334/ktAn8K1CN.png)*clicking on edit will lead you to the below window*

![click on new and paste your anaconda environment location](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568017907/UfjT8K9C7.png)*click on new and paste your anaconda environment location*

* Now open your Python project folder in Visual Studio Code, and to the bottom left corner you can find something like this

![click on the highlighted one and it’ll lead you to the below one](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568019338/-oAI1Pj77.png)*click on the highlighted one and it’ll lead you to the below one*

![you can now see your python interpreters (in my case it’s the **second one **~\Anaconda3\envs\py36\python.exe) where py36 is my environment name.](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1615568020814/utpQpTk-z.png)*you can now see your python interpreters (in my case it’s the **second one **~\Anaconda3\envs\py36\python.exe) where py36 is my environment name.*