Failed to create a temporary directory when running python prompt

Question

I am trying to set up Geopandas but I am having a fair few problems.

I am using anaconda and I have created a new environment called geo_env in Anaconda that can be seen below, but every time I try and activate the environment to follow the process. How do I activate the environment?

C:\Users\Alex Markides>conda env list

conda environments:
base                  *  C:\Users\Alex Markides\anaconda4
geo_env                  C:\Users\Alex Markides\anaconda4\envs\geo_env
my37env                  C:\Users\Alex Markides\anaconda4\envs\my37env

C:\Users\Alex Markides>activate geo_env
Failed to create temp directory "C:\Users\Alex Markides\AppData\Local\Temp\conda-<RANDOM>\"

I have also installed python 2.7 in this environ