title: Anaconda Import Error, module just installed isn't found
body: <p>Yet another Import Error issue, I know... 
  I have been through many posts on stackoverflow about this issue but nothing seem to help</p>
  
  <p>Here is the thing, I am not a windows person, I have used anaconda on mac and Linux for quite a while but now I have to train someone on Python with windows10. 
  So I tried to install Anaconda, thinking oh well that should be easy...</p>
  
  <p>What I did :</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Install miniconda3</li>
  <li>Create a conda environment named 'first' - activated it</li>
  <li>Install numpy scipy and geopandas (<code>conda install -c conda-forge geopandas</code>)</li>
  <li>Start IPython</li>
  <li>Typed <code>import geopandas</code> and got an Import Error <code>ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'geopandas'</code></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Note that Geopandas and all packages appear in the pip list of my environment</p>
  
  <p>So then I Import sys and typed sys.path with this result (sys.executable was fine)</p>
  
  <pre><code>['',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\Scripts',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\python36.zip',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\DLLs',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\lib',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\lib\\site-packages',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\win32',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\Miniconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\IPython\\extensions',
   'C:\\Users\\mine\\.ipython']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I believe I should see something about my conda environment in there</p>
  
  <pre><code>c:\users\mine\miniconda3\envs\first\ 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What did I do wrong? How do I fix it and why do you think that happened? Should I report it to anaconda as it seems to be a pretty annoying thing.
  In case that helps :</p>
  
  <pre><code>(first) C:\Users\mine&gt;conda info -a
  
       active environment : first
      active env location : C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first
              shell level : 2
         user config file : C:\Users\mine\.condarc
   populated config files :
            conda version : 4.4.10
      conda-build version : not installed
           python version : 3.6.3.final.0
         base environment : C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3  (writable)
             channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/win-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/win-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/win-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/win-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/msys2/win-64
                            https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/msys2/noarch
            package cache : C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\pkgs
                            C:\Users\mine\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
         envs directories : C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs
                            C:\Users\mine\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
                            C:\Users\mine\.conda\envs
                 platform : win-64
               user-agent : conda/4.4.10 requests/2.18.4 CPython/3.6.3 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.16299
            administrator : False
               netrc file : None
             offline mode : False
  
  # conda environments:
  #
  base                     C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3
  first                 *  C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first
  
  sys.version: 3.6.3 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Nov  8 ...
  sys.prefix: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3
  sys.executable: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\python.exe
  conda location: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda
  conda-build: None
  conda-env: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\Scripts\conda-env.exe
  user site dirs:
  
  CIO_TEST: &lt;not set&gt;
  CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV: first
  CONDA_PREFIX: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first
  CONDA_PREFIX_1: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3
  CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER: (first)
  CONDA_PYTHON_EXE: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\python.exe
  CONDA_ROOT: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3
  CONDA_SHLVL: 2
  HOMEPATH: \Users\mine
  PATH: C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first\Library\mingw-w64\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first\Library\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first\Scripts;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\envs\first\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\Library\bin;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\Scripts;C:\Users\mine\Miniconda3\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Users\mine\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
  PSMODULEPATH: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
  PYTHONIOENCODING: 1252
  REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE: &lt;not set&gt;
  SSL_CERT_FILE: &lt;not set&gt;
  </code></pre>