Virtual environment with python 3.7.4 not created in Anaconda 2

Question

I am typing following command in Anaconda Powershell Prompt:

conda create -n test_env python=3.7.4 anaconda

During installation of packages not all packages are installed and finally the following response is issued:

CondaMultiError: RuntimeError('maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object')

The current distribution of Anaconda installed is 2019.03 with Python 2.7 (I tried to install 2019.07 distribution with latest Python initially, but installation was failing with a response "Failed to create menus"). This is corporate PC behind a proxy. I inserted proxy settings into conda.rc file and it's working fine in the sense that I can install any individual package via anaconda powershell prompt. What may be the reason for inability to create a virtual environment with newer version of python, may you please offer some suggestions on how to fix this?

Answer 1

use this command:

conda create -n envname python=3.7