I have had this happen a few times too. I have found the best way to minimize this is to install nothing in the base environment except for conda and make sure you use a different environment for everything else.
Secondly, the vast majority of solutions offered by the many people who face similar issues don't work for me or, apparently, for other people reading the solution as well.
The first, that has always been my practice.
Secondly, the vast majority of solutions offered by the many people who face similar issues don't work for me or, apparently, for other people reading the solution as well.