[Python] spacy Can't find model 'en_core_web_sm' on windows 10 and Python 3.5.3 :: Anaconda...

what is difference between spacy.load('en_core_web_sm') and spacy.load('en')? This link explains different model sizes. But i am still not clear how spacy.load('en_core_web_sm') and spacy.load('en') differ

spacy.load('en') runs fine for me. But the spacy.load('en_core_web_sm') throws error

i have installed spacyas below. when i go to jupyter notebook and run command nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm') I get the below error

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OSError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-b472bef03043> in <module>()
1 # Import spaCy and load the language library
2 import spacy
----> 3 nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm')
4
5 # Create a Doc object

C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder\lib\site-packages\spacy\__init__.py in load(name, **overrides)
13 if depr_path not in (True, False, None):
14 deprecation_warning(Warnings.W001.format(path=depr_path))
---> 15 return util.load_model(name, **overrides)
16
17

C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder\lib\site-packages\spacy\util.py in load_model(name, **overrides)
117 elif hasattr(name, 'exists'): # Path or Path-like to model data
118 return load_model_from_path(name, **overrides)
--> 119 raise IOError(Errors.E050.format(name=name))
120
121

OSError: [E050] Can't find model 'en_core_web_sm'. It doesn't seem to be a shortcut link, a Python package or a valid path to a data directory.


how I installed Spacy ---

(C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder) C:\Users\nikhizzz>conda install -c conda-forge spacy
Fetching package metadata .............
Solving package specifications: .

Package plan for installation in environment C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder:

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

blas: 1.0-mkl
cymem: 1.31.2-py35h6538335_0 conda-forge
dill: 0.2.8.2-py35_0 conda-forge
msgpack-numpy: 0.4.4.2-py_0 conda-forge
murmurhash: 0.28.0-py35h6538335_1000 conda-forge
plac: 0.9.6-py_1 conda-forge
preshed: 1.0.0-py35h6538335_0 conda-forge
pyreadline: 2.1-py35_1000 conda-forge
regex: 2017.11.09-py35_0 conda-forge
spacy: 2.0.12-py35h830ac7b_0 conda-forge
termcolor: 1.1.0-py_2 conda-forge
thinc: 6.10.3-py35h830ac7b_2 conda-forge
tqdm: 4.29.1-py_0 conda-forge
ujson: 1.35-py35hfa6e2cd_1001 conda-forge

The following packages will be UPDATED:

msgpack-python: 0.4.8-py35_0 --> 0.5.6-py35he980bc4_3 conda-forge

The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:

freetype: 2.7-vc14_2 conda-forge --> 2.5.5-vc14_2

Proceed ([y]/n)? y

blas-1.0-mkl.t 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 0.00 B/s
cymem-1.31.2-p 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 1.65 MB/s
msgpack-python 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 5.37 MB/s
murmurhash-0.2 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 1.49 MB/s
plac-0.9.6-py_ 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 0.00 B/s
pyreadline-2.1 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 4.62 MB/s
regex-2017.11. 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 3.31 MB/s
termcolor-1.1. 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 187.81 kB/s
tqdm-4.29.1-py 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 2.51 MB/s
ujson-1.35-py3 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 1.66 MB/s
dill-0.2.8.2-p 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 4.34 MB/s
msgpack-numpy- 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 0.00 B/s
preshed-1.0.0- 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 0.00 B/s
thinc-6.10.3-p 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:00 5.49 MB/s
spacy-2.0.12-p 100% |###############################| Time: 0:00:10 7.42 MB/s

(C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder) C:\Users\nikhizzz>python -V
Python 3.5.3 :: Anaconda custom (64-bit)

(C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder) C:\Users\nikhizzz>python -m spacy download en
Collecting en_core_web_sm==2.0.0 from https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-2.0.0/en_core_web_sm-2.0.0.tar.gz#egg=en_core_web_sm==2.0.0
Downloading https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-2.0.0/en_core_web_sm-2.0.0.tar.gz (37.4MB)
100% |################################| 37.4MB ...
Installing collected packages: en-core-web-sm
Running setup.py install for en-core-web-sm ... done
Successfully installed en-core-web-sm-2.0.0

Linking successful
C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder\lib\site-packages\en_core_web_sm
-->
C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder\lib\site-packages\spacy\data\en

You can now load the model via spacy.load('en')


(C:\Users\nikhizzz\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs\tensorflowspyder) C:\Users\nikhizzz>

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