Unable To Set Up Anaconda On Windows : Path Problems

I've been trying to setup Anaconda 1.8 on Windows 8.1 but cant get Windows to detect it for the life of me. I've tried adding it in the system path by editing the environment varia

Solution 1:

Look closely at your PATH. If you installed Python before, maybe from the official Python.org installer, it may appear in your PATH before the C:\Anaconda\bin directory. If so, then this is your problem, and you should remove that other Python installation if you haven't customized it in any way. If you have customized it, i.e. you have installed packages into it and you don't want to remove it, then you need to move it to the end of your PATH, after the C:\Anaconda\bin entry.

For a nice, graphical editor for your PATH, check out Path Editor: http://patheditor2.codeplex.com/