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+REM This batch script will set up an appropriate Python environment for CUDA GPU programming under Windows.
+REM The last line launches a CMD prompt.  This can be any environment however.
+REM If you wish to use an IDE such as Spyder or Jupyter Notebook, just change the last line to "spyder"
+REM or "jupyter-notebook". 
+
+call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
+call "C:\Users\%username%\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat" C:\Users\%username%\Anaconda3
+cmd