deactivate any pre-activated conda environments, by returning to (base) and then deactivating that. On Windows and Linux

scripts/on_sd_start.sh

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ cp sd-ui-files/scripts/bootstrap.sh scripts/
 CONDA_BASEPATH=$(conda info --base)
 source "$CONDA_BASEPATH/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" # otherwise conda complains about 'shell not initialized' (needed when running in a script)
 
-# deactivate any pre-activated conda environments
-for i in $(seq ${CONDA_SHLVL}); do
-    conda deactivate
-done
-
 # remove the old version of the dev console script, if it's still present
 if [ -e "open_dev_console.sh" ]; then
     rm "open_dev_console.sh"
@@ -67,6 +62,10 @@ else
     # prevent conda from using packages from the user's home directory, to avoid conflicts
     export PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1
 
+    # deactivate any pre-activated conda environments, by returning to (base) and then deactivating that
+    conda activate
+    conda deactivate
+
     if conda env create --prefix env --force -f environment.yaml ; then
         echo "Installed. Testing.."
     else