title: Unable to activate Conda environment as 'chcp' and 'cmd' is not recognized as internal or external command operable program
body: <p>I am currently on the newest Anaconda3-5.0.1, Python 3.6 and using
  Windows 8 (during the Anaconda installation I ticked the add to PATH
  option). On Anaconda Prompt, I created a new conda env and Anaconda
  tells me to activate it with</p>
  
  <pre><code> activate newenv
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, this error code pops up</p>
  
  <pre><code> 'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
   'cmd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
   'cmd' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas? I have tried this on Anaconda Prompt</p>
  
  <pre><code>set PATH=C:\Users\WIN8.1\Anaconda3\envs\newenv\Scripts;C:\Users\WIN8.1\Anaconda3\envs\newenv;%PATH%
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However this is still unsuccessful as when i checked </p>
  
  <pre><code>conda info --envs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can see the environment newenv I just created on the list, but the * sign is still next to root. The individual paths are also set correctly but not until the Scripts folder.</p>
  
  <p>Would really appreciate help. Thanks so much guys.</p>