title: Anaconda Prompt error 'The system cannot find the file specified' and condaHTTPerror
body: <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3ujja.jpg" alt="Snapshot of Anaconda prompt"></p>
  
  <p>There are many error reports on 'The system cannot find the file specified', but almost all are very old threads with solutions not working now. And only a single query for similar problem for anaconda prompt without any solution.</p>
  
  <p>When I open the anaconda prompt, the error message appears, but the commands work fine, except for the commands when i create new environment. I can not install or update any packages/libraries inside the created environment and prompt gives following error each time the error</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda install keras
  Fetching package metadata ...
  CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED for url https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda------/repodata.json
  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.
  SSLError(SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.",),)
  </code></pre>
  
  <h1><strong>Solutions I have tried</strong></h1>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Uninstalling and reinstalling anaconda3 - both 32 and 64 versions i have tried. I also tried restarting the laptop after uninstalling and befor installing fresh. I followed every step mentioned at <a href="https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/</a></p></li>
  <li><p>Executing following command from command prompt -  [conda config --set ssl_verify no]</p></li>
  <li><p>Creating the pip.ini file inside pip folder and updating with lines mentioned in this thread.
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/52764896/11107306">https://stackoverflow.com/a/52764896/11107306</a></p></li>
  <li><p>Browsing through all drivers including display and network drivers for updates and updating them if necessary.</p></li>
  <li><p>Adding system path variable for anaconda</p></li>
  <li><p>Downloading and installing Win64OpenSSL application.</p></li>
  <li><p>Cleaning conda using conda clean --all inside environment and then trying to install again, with n o success. </p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <h1><strong>My system details</strong></h1>
  
  <ul>
  <li>OS - Windows 8.1</li>
  <li>Platform - win64</li>
  <li>Anaconda  - 2019.10</li>
  <li>Conda version - 4.7.12 </li>
  <li>Python -3.7.4 (Its work laptop with python 2.7.13 default on command prompt- preinstalled, which I can not remove.)</li>
  <li>NVIDIA GTX 960M (updated driver) with Cuda version 9</li>
  </ul>
  
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  <p>Please kindly help me. I have wasted almost whole day in this. Or should I just go for other alternative? Kindly suggest good alternative for anaconda, I will be needing machine learning based libraries for my project. Thank you in advance.</p>