Note: Adding Anaconda PowerShell to Windows Terminal

When you install Miniconda3 or Anaconda3 on Windows it adds a PowerShell shortcut that has the necessary environment setup and initialization for conda. It’s listed in the Windows menu as “Anaconda Powershell Prompt (Anaconda3)”. However, this opens a separate/detached PowerShell instance and it would be nice to have this as an optional shell from Windows Terminal! In this post we will add that functionality as a new shell option in Windows Terminal.