C:\Users\Russell>chcp 1252
Active code page: 1252
C:\Users\Russell>call C:\anaconda\Scripts\activate C:\anaconda
(base) C:\Users\Russell>spyder 1>nul 2>nul
if closed spyder will close also
Hello. I have a problem. An error ocurred while starting the kernel
Your Python environment or installation doesn't have the spyder‑kernels module or the right version of it installed (>= 2.0.1 and < 2.1.0). Without this module is not possible for Spyder to create a console for you.
You can install it by running in a system terminal:
conda install spyder‑kernels=2.0
or
pip install spyder‑kernels==2.0.*