Conda install problem Winerror 123

roodydab · January 25, 2024, 1:53pm

I have this traceback error, I am unable to understand it and rectify it. please help me out:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR REPORT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\exception_handler.py", line 17, in __call__
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 54, in main_subshell
    parser = generate_parser(add_help=True)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 127, in generate_parser
    configure_parser_plugins(sub_parsers)
  File "C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 354, in configure_parser_plugins
    else set(find_commands()).difference(plugin_subcommands)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\find_commands.py", line 71, in find_commands
    for entry in os.scandir(dir_path):
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: [WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: '"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32'

$ C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Scripts\conda-script.py install pydotplus

environment variables:
CIO_TEST=
CONDA_EXE=C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\condabin..\Scripts\conda.exe
CONDA_EXES=“C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\condabin..\Scripts\conda.exe”
CONDA_ROOT=C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3
CURL_CA_BUNDLE=
HOMEPATH=\Users\ASUS
LD_PRELOAD=
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\Sys
tem32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program
Files\Microchip\xc8\v2.36\bin;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program
Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2023b\bin;C
:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\coding\mingw\mingw
64\bin;C:\coding\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\n
pm;“C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS
\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Prog
ram Files\Microchip\xc8\v2.36\bin;C:\Program
Files\nodejs;”;“C;\Users\ASUS\bookmark-website\npm”;C:\Users\ASUS\ana
conda3\Library\bin;C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\Scripts;C:\Users\ASUS\anaco
nda3\condabin;
PSMODULEPATH=C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\Win
dowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modu
les
REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=
SSL_CERT_FILE=

 active environment : None
   user config file : C:\Users\ASUS\.condarc

populated config files : C:\Users\ASUS.condarc
conda version : 23.7.4
conda-build version : 3.26.1
python version : 3.11.5.final.0
virtual packages : __archspec=1=x86_64
__win=0=0
base environment : C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3 (writable)
conda av data dir : C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\etc\conda
conda av metadata url : None
channel URLs :
package cache : C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\pkgs
C:\Users\ASUS.conda\pkgs
C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
envs directories : C:\Users\ASUS\anaconda3\envs
C:\Users\ASUS.conda\envs
C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
platform : win-64
user-agent : conda/23.7.4 requests/2.31.0 CPython/3.11.5 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.22621
administrator : False
netrc file : None
offline mode : False

An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.
If you suspect this error is being caused by a malfunctioning plugin,
consider using the --no-plugins option to turn off plugins.

Example: conda --no-plugins install

Alternatively, you can set the CONDA_NO_PLUGINS environment variable on
the command line to run the command without plugins enabled.

Example: CONDA_NO_PLUGINS=true conda install

If submitted, this report will be used by core maintainers to improve
future releases of conda.
Would you like conda to send this report to the core maintainers? [y/N]:N

berezney · February 7, 2024, 9:11pm

I have no solutions but I get a very similar error when calling conda from the Anaconda prompt. Any help would be very useful as I’m a very inexperienced user

(base) C:\Users\john>conda list

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR REPORT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\exception_handler.py", line 17, in __call__
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 54, in main_subshell
    parser = generate_parser(add_help=True)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 127, in generate_parser
    configure_parser_plugins(sub_parsers)
  File "C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 354, in configure_parser_plugins
    else set(find_commands()).difference(plugin_subcommands)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\conda\cli\find_commands.py", line 71, in find_commands
    for entry in os.scandir(dir_path):
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: [WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: '"C:\\Program Files'

$ C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Scripts\conda-script.py list

environment variables:
CIO_TEST=
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_191\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=base
CONDA_EXE=C:\Users\john\anaconda3\condabin..\Scripts\conda.exe
CONDA_EXES=“C:\Users\john\anaconda3\condabin..\Scripts\conda.exe”
CONDA_PREFIX=C:\Users\john\anaconda3
CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(base)
CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=C:\Users\john\anaconda3\python.exe
CONDA_ROOT=C:\Users\john\anaconda3
CONDA_SHLVL=1
CURL_CA_BUNDLE=
HOMEPATH=\Users\john
LD_PRELOAD=
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\plugins
PATH=C:\Users\john\anaconda3;C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Library\mingw-
w64\bin;C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users\john\anaconda
3\Library\bin;C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Scripts;C:\Users\john\anaconda3
bin;C:\Users\john\anaconda3\condabin;C:\Python38\Scripts;C:\Python38;C
:\Windows;“C:\Program
Files;C:\Windows\System32”;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files
(x86)\Pulse Secure\VC142.CRT\X64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Pulse
Secure\VC142.CRT\X86;C:\Program
Files\MATLAB\R2023a\runtime\win64;C:\Program
Files\MATLAB\R2023a\bin;C:\Program Files\Carl Zeiss\MicroscopyInstalle
r;C:\Users\john\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\john\AppD
ata\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
PSMODULEPATH=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\Windows
PowerShell\v1.0\Modules
REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=
SSL_CERT_FILE=C:\Users\john\anaconda3\Library\ssl\cacert.pem

 active environment : base
active env location : C:\Users\john\anaconda3
        shell level : 1
   user config file : C:\Users\john\.condarc

populated config files : C:\Users\john.condarc
conda version : 23.7.4
conda-build version : 3.26.1
python version : 3.11.5.final.0
virtual packages : __archspec=1=x86_64
__cuda=11.1=0
__win=0=0
base environment : C:\Users\john\anaconda3 (writable)
conda av data dir : C:\Users\john\anaconda3\etc\conda
conda av metadata url : None
channel URLs :
package cache : C:\Users\john\anaconda3\pkgs
C:\Users\john.conda\pkgs
C:\Users\john\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
envs directories : C:\Users\john\anaconda3\envs
C:\Users\john.conda\envs
C:\Users\john\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
platform : win-64
user-agent : conda/23.7.4 requests/2.31.0 CPython/3.11.5 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.19045
administrator : False
netrc file : None
offline mode : False

An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.
If you suspect this error is being caused by a malfunctioning plugin,
consider using the --no-plugins option to turn off plugins.

Example: conda --no-plugins install

Alternatively, you can set the CONDA_NO_PLUGINS environment variable on
the command line to run the command without plugins enabled.

Example: CONDA_NO_PLUGINS=true conda install

If submitted, this report will be used by core maintainers to improve
future releases of conda.
Would you like conda to send this report to the core maintainers? [y/N]: