title: Set up anaconda interpreter in PyCharm on Windows
body: <p>I have anaconda 3 and tensorflow set up and they work well from the anaconda command line. I would like to use PyCharm but cannot add the interpreter Conda.</p>
  
  <p>I followed the instructions from: </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/configuring-python-interpreter.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/configuring-python-interpreter.html</a></p>
  
  <p>I tried different things. The first is where the conda executable is anaconda.exe:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Logiciels\Anaconda3\Scripts\anaconda.exe create -p     C:\Logiciels\Anaconda3\envs\Ex_Files_TensorFlow -y python=3.7
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I obtain the error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>anaconda: error: argument : invalid choice: 'create' (choose from 'auth', 'label', 'channel', 'config', 'copy', 'download', 'groups', 'login', 'logout', 'move', 'notebook', 'package', 'remove', 'search', 'show', 'upload', 'whoami')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried the conda.exe as executable:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Logiciels\Anaconda3\Scripts\conda.exe create -p C:\Logiciels\Anaconda3\envs\Ex_Files_TensorFlow -y python=3.5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But obtain the output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Collecting package metadata: ...working... failed
  
  
  CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED for url &lt;https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch/repodata.json.bz2&gt;
  Elapsed: -
  
  An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
  HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.
  
  If your current network has https://www.anaconda.com blocked, please file a support request with your network engineering team.
  
  SSLError(MaxRetryError('HTTPSConnectionPool(host=\'repo.anaconda.com\', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /pkgs/r/noarch/repodata.json.bz2 (Caused by SSLError("Can\'t connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available."))'))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also tried: </p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Logiciels\Anaconda3\python.exe create -p C:\Users\hel\.conda\envs\Ex_Files_TensorFlow -y python=3.7
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The command output is then:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Logiciels\Anaconda3\python.exe: can't open file 'create': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But the file exists and is there. Why PyCharm doesn't see it?</p>
  
  <p>I also tried version 3.5 instead of 3.7 and a different folder to set the environment in. Do you have any suggestions?</p>