title: UnavailableInvalidChannel: The channel is not accessible or is invalid. error code: 403, conda-forge not working
body: <p>my conda-forge is not working and displaying the following error even while creating a new enviornment:</p>
  <pre><code>(base) C:\Users\1836849\Documents\GitHub_Repository\ChemOS-master&gt;conda create -n py36 python=3.6
  Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): failed
  
  UnavailableInvalidChannel: The channel is not accessible or is invalid.
    channel name: conda-forge
    channel url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
    error code: 403
  
  You will need to adjust your conda configuration to proceed.
  Use `conda config --show channels` to view your configuration's current state,
  and use `conda config --show-sources` to view config file locations.
  </code></pre>
  <p>my <code>conda info</code> shows this information:</p>
  <pre><code>    (base) C:\Users\1836849\Documents\GitHub_Repository\ChemOS-master&gt;conda info
  
       active environment : base
      active env location : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3
              shell level : 1
         user config file : C:\Users\1836849\.condarc
   populated config files : C:\Users\1836849\.condarc
            conda version : 4.9.2
      conda-build version : 3.20.5
           python version : 3.8.5.final.0
         virtual packages : __win=0=0
                            __archspec=1=x86_64
         base environment : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3  (writable)
             channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda-fusion/win-64
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda-fusion/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch
            package cache : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\pkgs
                            C:\Users\1836849\.conda\pkgs
                            C:\Users\1836849\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
         envs directories : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs
                            C:\Users\1836849\.conda\envs
                            C:\Users\1836849\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
                 platform : win-64
               user-agent : conda/4.9.2 requests/2.24.0 CPython/3.8.5 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.18362
            administrator : True
               netrc file : None
             offline mode : False
  </code></pre>
  <p>what is the possible solution?</p>