Activation of kernel env fails when using anaconda shortcut (FileNotFound error kernel start 4.1.0)

Problem Description

Spyder4.1.0 IPython kernel startup error Close spyder and restart, the problem persists.

What steps reproduce the problem?

After upgrading spyder4.0.1 to 4.1.0, IPython kernel startup error occurs when starting spyder. The following command is used to upgrade in a virtual environment: conda install spyder=4.1.0

启动 IPython 内核时发生错误（An error occurred while starting the IPython kernel）
错误：（Error）
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Admin\Anaconda3\envs\python37\lib\site‑packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole\plugin.py", line 1209, in create_kernel_manager_and_kernel_client
kernel_manager.start_kernel(stderr=stderr_handle, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Admin\Anaconda3\envs\python37\lib\site‑packages\jupyter_client\manager.py", line 259, in start_kernel
**kw)
File "C:\Users\Admin\Anaconda3\envs\python37\lib\site‑packages\jupyter_client\manager.py", line 204, in _launch_kernel
return launch_kernel(kernel_cmd, **kw)
File "C:\Users\Admin\Anaconda3\envs\python37\lib\site‑packages\jupyter_client\launcher.py", line 138, in launch_kernel
proc = Popen(cmd, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Admin\Anaconda3\envs\python37\lib\subprocess.py", line 800, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\Admin\Anaconda3\envs\python37\lib\subprocess.py", line 1207, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] 系统找不到指定的文件（The system can not find the file specified）。

Versions

• Spyder version: 4.1.0
• Python version: Python3.7.5
• Qt version: 5.9.6
• PyQt version: 5.9.2
• Operating System name/version: win10

[dalthviz]

Testing with the desktop shortcut I can reproduce this! Thank you all for the feedback! for now please launch Spyder from the Anaconda prompt/Anaconda Navigator

[manfred2020]

yes, via desktop shortcut sypder 4.1 still doesn’t work (works from prompt and anaconda)