If Conda is not on path, VSCode can't activate enviroments

[zurgeg]

Issue Type: Bug

In my case, Conda is not on path and when I run conda activate myenv VSCode kills it and switches back to Powershell.

VS Code version: Code 1.52.1 (ea3859d, 2020-12-16T16:34:46.910Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19041

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 x 3192)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off opengl: enabled_on protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.93GB (1.07GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 6c5f0ebb-c40d-40c4-aed2-ee694cde8268
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (12)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
EditorConfig	Edi	0.16.4
haxe-hl	Hax	1.1.1
discord-vscode	icr	4.1.0
python	ms-	2021.1.502429796
jupyter	ms-	2020.12.414227025
hexeditor	ms-	1.4.0
debugger-for-chrome	msj	4.12.12
vshaxe	nad	2.21.4
haxe-debug	vsh	1.2.3
haxe-extension-pack	vsh	1.3.0
hxcpp-debugger	vsh	1.2.4
codedox	wig	1.3.1

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[IllusionMH]

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This is documented behavior for Powershell and conda combination.

See documentation https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_environments-and-terminal-windows and issue in Python extension repo for more details and recommendated workflow microsoft/vscode-python#11638