running stock python and Anaconda on the same windows machine

Question

I was looking for old questions related to this issue but was unable to find one. If this question has been asked before, i apologize

I used to just use Anaconda for the purpose of coding in Python but then I found myself in need of a package which wasn't installable either via pip or conda. So, I had to install both stock python and Anaconda on my Windows laptop.

When i want to call upon stock python, i can just type python in a terminal window.

When I want to call upon Anaconda python, i first do cd C:\\Users\\physics\\Anaconda2 and then type python into a terminal window.

My question is, if one runs both stock python and Anaconda python on the same machine the way i described above, can there bill unintended consequences ?

(under environmental variables, i placed python above Anaconda so when i type python into a terminal window, the stock python gets called upon)

Answer 1

No they are completely independent. To quote form the docs :

The real power of conda comes from its ability to manage environments. In conda, an environment can be thought of as a completely separate installation.