title: Change anaconda environment's folder
body: <p>I am by default using python 3.4, but sometimes I have to use python 2, therefore I created an anaconda environment using the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda create -n py27 python=2.7 anaconda
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The command is computed without issue. BUT the folder within which the environment is created is in my user folder and I have a "ë" in the name of this folder (under windows 8 I can't change my user's folder name unfortunately). </p>
  
  <p>Then I try to launch the environment: <code>conda activate py27</code> still no problem, but when I try to launch a <code>jupyter notebook</code> command (no matter the folder I'm in) I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xeb in position 9: ordinal not in range(128)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My question is: how can I get python 2.7 to work given this problem?
  If you can give me a way to:</p>
  
  <p>-change the user's folder name under windows 8</p>
  
  <p>-create an anaconda's environment in a different folder</p>
  
  <p>-get the py27 environment to work no matter the "ë" in the anaconda environment's folder path </p>
  
  <p>-get a way to work under python 2.7 without having to install two independant different versions of python</p>
  
  <p>etc...</p>
  
  <p>that would be greatly appreciated!</p>