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title: "Comment by Christian on \"How to Setup a Data Science Project - Creating a virtual environment\" | Hashnode"
description: "activate.bat do I just do this or reference the full path? name-of-environment/scripts/activate.bat"
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Comment [How to Setup a Data Science Project - Creating a virtual environment](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-setup-a-data-science-project-creating-a-virtual-environment/605b3f7d78c4742436d4f78f)

[Christian](https://hashnode.com/@iamr0b0tx)

[Mar 24, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-setup-a-data-science-project-creating-a-virtual-environment/605b3f7d78c4742436d4f78f/comment/605bacf947b0d2243d4ad005)

`activate.bat`

do I just do this or reference the full path? `name-of-environment/scripts/activate.bat`

[Deborah Agboola](https://hashnode.com/@monijesuloluwa)

[Mar 25, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-setup-a-data-science-project-creating-a-virtual-environment/605b3f7d78c4742436d4f78f/comment/605bacf947b0d2243d4ad005#reply-605bde9147b0d2243d4ad1c4)

You would reference the full path if you are not in the virtual environment's folder. but if you are already in the scripts folder inside the virtual environment folder, all you do is just type activate.bat

I hope this helps