Anaconda Navigator is not showing up

I downloaded Anaconda with no problems, but the navigator is absolutely no where to be found.

I'm trying to run Jupyter Notebook and require the navigator to do that, but no matter what folder I look in, the navigator just doesn't exist.

I looked up some answers already and had some people say all you had to do was run the Anaconda Prompt application and type in anaconda-navigator to open it up, but I tried that and still got an error message saying the command was invalid. Saw another "answer" say you could open a terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T and then type the aforementioned command, but the button combination doesn't give me any results.

I'm on Windows 7 by the way and already tried uninstalling and reinstalling Anaconda, but still haven't had any luck in finding the missing navigator.

3 Answers

I've faced the exact same issue on Windows 10. What helped me was uninstalling Anaconda completely including and installing Anaconda3 5.1.0.

You can find it here -

Try:

conda install -c anaconda anaconda-navigator

Might work in your case

Dry version to satisfy the stackoverflow bot here. For a detailed commentary on how I resolved this issue following Rohit's posting, check out:Anaconda Navigator – Windows – Installation Issues & Possible Resolution For Ya This is the BEST answer - props to Rohit.
Anaconda Navigator
Had it on my older Alienware but it is NOT installing properly on my newer HP zBook to give me the Navigator gui. Most common resolution noted - uninstall Anaconda and re-install it. Many have tried that (without success) - multiple times and attempting to cleanse the Registry (Windows 10) of all Anaconda references. Restart and/or reboot after doing so. Result - no success. The comment noted by @Rohit to go here: and pull down the latest file: === Anaconda3-5.3.1-Windows-x86_64.exe 632.5M 2018-11-19 13:38:59
--- after installing, it asks for VS Code installation (if you're like me, you already have it - skip this).

Installed it. SUCCESS....!!! Anaconda Prompt // Anaconda Navigator // Spyder // Jupyter Notebook - they ALL appear in the Start area now.

If no success for you, just go with Python3.9 (or 3.10), pip3 and Jupyter Notebook and say scrap Anaconda....