anaconda – Unable to create conda virtual environment with python=3.9

I’ve installed Anaconda on my laptop and I’m trying to create a virtual environment with python=3.9 by running:

conda create --name my_env python=3.9

…but I get the following error:

Channels:
 - conda-forge
Platform: win-64
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): - WARNING conda.conda_libmamba_solver.index:_json_path_to_repo_info(281): No repodata found for channel conda-forge. Solve will fail.
WARNING conda.conda_libmamba_solver.index:_json_path_to_repo_info(281): No repodata found for channel conda-forge. Solve will fail.
done
Solving environment: failed

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

  - python=3.9*

Current channels:

  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge

To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're
looking for, navigate to

    https://anaconda.org

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Conda info below:

 active environment : None
   user config file : C:\Users\hidden\.condarc  populated config files : C:\Users\hidden\.condarc
      conda version : 24.5.0
conda-build version : 24.5.1
     python version : 3.12.4.final.0
             solver : libmamba (default)
   virtual packages : __archspec=1=x86_64_v3
                      __conda=24.5.0=0
                      __win=0=0
   base environment : C:\Users\hidden\anaconda3  (writable)
  conda av data dir : C:\Users\hidden\anaconda3\etc\conda   conda av metadata url : None
       channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64  (offline)
                      https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch  (offline)
      package cache : C:\Users\hidden\anaconda3\pkgs
                      C:\Users\hidden\.conda\pkgs
                      C:\Users\hidden\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
   envs directories : C:\Users\hidden\anaconda3\envs
                      C:\Users\hidden\.conda\envs
                      C:\Users\hidden\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
           platform : win-64
         user-agent : conda/24.5.0 requests/2.32.2 CPython/3.12.4 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.19045 solver/libmamba

conda-libmamba-solver/24.1.0 libmambapy/1.5.8 aau/0.4.4 c/. s/. e/.
administrator : False
netrc file : None
offline mode : True

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