# Trying to install QIIME 2 2020.11 on Windows

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trying-to-install-qiime-2-2020-11-on-windows/17812
**Category:** Technical Support
**Created:** [December 16, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trying-to-install-qiime-2-2020-11-on-windows/17812 "2020-12-16T14:14:06Z")
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### Author: ![SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/soilrotifer/32/21071_2.png) [@SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/SoilRotifer)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trying-to-install-qiime-2-2020-11-on-windows/17812/6 "2020-12-16T17:00:59Z")

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So when I see the `C:\` as you have here:

> [@nathalie.rengassamy](#):
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> (base) C:\Users\natho

That tells me that you are running through the Windows command prompt and _not_ WSL (_i.e._ there should be a separate "app" icon for you to launch WSL. In my case I have an icon for `Ubuntu 18.04 LTS`. The thread I linked you above describes this (note the screen-shot of the icons). To clarify, on my Windows 10 setup:

- my Windows 10 Command Prompt looks like:
  - `C:\Users\Mike>`

- my WSL prompt looks like:
  - `(base) mike@BLUE:~$`

That is, it appears that you have installed a Windows 10 version of conda, _not_ the Linux version of conda, which should be installed within WSL Terminal as is outlined in the thread I linked above. Does this make sense?

-Mike

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