MKL not found for numpy in Visual Studio 2015 with Anaconda 2019.03

Actual Behavior

Import exception on importing numpy in after installing Anaconda2-2019.03-Windows-x86_64.exe from Visual Studio. It makes impossible to use python in Visual Studio.

This works fine for Anaconda2.2018.12 Maybe related to #10257

Expected Behavior

numpy should be imported the same way as in version 2018.12 from Visual Studio

Steps to Reproduce

Install Anaconda2-2019.03-Windows-x86_64.exe as user or admin 1.1 do not add anaconda to the path env var. it should be only registered as the default
Start Visual Studio with PTVS, open a python script
Add import numpy
Run the script
Observe the ImportError exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "c:\Apps\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\numpy__init.py", line 142, in from . import core File "c:\Apps\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\init__.py", line 71, in raise ImportError(msg) ImportError:

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!

Importing the multiarray numpy extension module failed. Most likely you are trying to import a failed build of numpy. Here is how to proceed:

If you're working with a numpy git repository, try git clean -xdf (removes all files not under version control) and rebuild numpy.
If you are simply trying to use the numpy version that you have installed: your installation is broken - please reinstall numpy.
If you have already reinstalled and that did not fix the problem, then:
1. Check that you are using the Python you expect (you're using c:\Apps\Anaconda2\python.exe), and that you have no directories in your PATH or PYTHONPATH that can interfere with the Python and numpy versions you're trying to use.
2. If (1) looks fine, you can open a new issue at https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues. Please include details on:
  - how you installed Python
  - how you installed numpy
  - your operating system
  - whether or not you have multiple versions of Python installed
  - if you built from source, your compiler versions and ideally a build log
  Note: this error has many possible causes, so please don't comment on an existing issue about this - open a new one instead.

Original error was: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Anaconda or Miniconda version:

Anaconda2-2019.03-Windows-x86_64.exe

Operating System:

Windows 10 1809 build 17763.615

`conda info`

``` C:\Users\user>c:\Apps\Anaconda2\Scripts\conda.exe info active environment : None user config file : C:\Users\user\.condarc populated config files : C:\Users\user\.condarc conda version : 4.6.11 conda-build version : 3.17.8 python version : 2.7.16.final.0 base environment : c:\Apps\Anaconda2 (writable) channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64 (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/win-64 (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/noarch (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64 (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64 (offline) https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch (offline) package cache : c:\Apps\Anaconda2\pkgs C:\Users\user\.conda\pkgs C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs envs directories : c:\Apps\Anaconda2\envs C:\Users\user\.conda\envs C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs platform : win-64 user-agent : conda/4.6.11 requests/2.21.0 CPython/2.7.16 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.17763 administrator : False netrc file : None offline mode : True ```

`conda list --show-channel-urls`

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