diff --git a/src/features/terminal/shells/bash/bashStartup.ts b/src/features/terminal/shells/bash/bashStartup.ts
index ff66d72c..b9409866 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/shells/bash/bashStartup.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/shells/bash/bashStartup.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ async function isGitBashInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
     return false;
 }
 
-async function getBashProfiles(): Promise<string> {
+export async function getBashProfiles(): Promise<string> {
     const homeDir = os.homedir();
     const profile: string = path.join(homeDir, '.bashrc');
 
     return profile;
 }
 
-async function getZshProfiles(): Promise<string> {
+export async function getZshProfiles(): Promise<string> {
     const homeDir = os.homedir();
     const profile: string = path.join(homeDir, '.zshrc');
 
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/shells/fish/fishStartup.ts b/src/features/terminal/shells/fish/fishStartup.ts
index 662d2898..dc0ca3e5 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/shells/fish/fishStartup.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/shells/fish/fishStartup.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async function isFishInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
     }
 }
 
-async function getFishProfile(): Promise<string> {
+export async function getFishProfile(): Promise<string> {
     const homeDir = os.homedir();
     // Fish configuration is typically at ~/.config/fish/config.fish
     const profilePath = path.join(homeDir, '.config', 'fish', 'config.fish');
@@ -155,4 +155,8 @@ export class FishStartupProvider implements ShellStartupScriptProvider {
     clearCache(): Promise<void> {
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
+
+    getProfilePath(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+        return getFishProfile();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/shells/pwsh/pwshStartup.ts b/src/features/terminal/shells/pwsh/pwshStartup.ts
index 17347af7..8d184600 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/shells/pwsh/pwshStartup.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/shells/pwsh/pwshStartup.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function isPowerShellInstalled(shell: string): Promise<boolean> {
     }
 }
 
-async function getProfileForShell(shell: 'powershell' | 'pwsh'): Promise<string> {
+export async function getProfileForShell(shell: 'powershell' | 'pwsh'): Promise<string> {
     const cachedPath = getProfilePathCache(shell);
     if (cachedPath) {
         traceInfo(`SHELL: ${shell} profile path from cache: ${cachedPath}`);
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/shells/sh/shStartup.ts b/src/features/terminal/shells/sh/shStartup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43a5e913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/terminal/shells/sh/shStartup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+/**
+ * Returns an array of possible sh profile paths in order of preference.
+ */
+export async function getShProfiles(): Promise<string> {
+    const home = os.homedir();
+    return path.join(home, '.profile');
+}
diff --git a/src/managers/conda/condaUtils.ts b/src/managers/conda/condaUtils.ts
index 9fe73e01..3d503aa2 100644
--- a/src/managers/conda/condaUtils.ts
+++ b/src/managers/conda/condaUtils.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ import {
 import { getConfiguration } from '../../common/workspace.apis';
 import { ShellConstants } from '../../features/common/shellConstants';
 import { quoteArgs } from '../../features/execution/execUtils';
+import { getBashProfiles, getZshProfiles } from '../../features/terminal/shells/bash/bashStartup';
+import { getProfileForShell } from '../../features/terminal/shells/pwsh/pwshStartup';
+import { getShProfiles } from '../../features/terminal/shells/sh/shStartup';
 import {
     isNativeEnvInfo,
     NativeEnvInfo,
@@ -293,41 +296,51 @@ async function getNamedCondaPythonInfo(
 
     if (conda.includes('/') || conda.includes('\\')) {
         const shActivate = path.join(path.dirname(path.dirname(conda)), 'etc', 'profile.d', 'conda.sh');
+        const profileInit = await checkProfileForCondaInitialization();
 
         if (isWindows()) {
-            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.GITBASH, [
-                { executable: '.', args: [pathForGitBash(shActivate)] },
-                { executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] },
-            ]);
+            // didn't find gitbash
+            const rcGitBash: PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] = [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] }];
+            if (!profileInit.get(ShellConstants.GITBASH)) {
+                rcGitBash.unshift({ executable: '.', args: [pathForGitBash(shActivate)] });
+            }
+            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.GITBASH, rcGitBash);
             shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.GITBASH, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['deactivate'] }]);
 
+            // not sure about cmd and how to find profile
             const cmdActivate = path.join(path.dirname(conda), 'activate.bat');
             shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.CMD, [{ executable: cmdActivate, args: [name] }]);
             shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.CMD, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['deactivate'] }]);
         } else {
-            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.BASH, [
-                { executable: '.', args: [shActivate] },
-                { executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] },
-            ]);
+            // bash
+            const rc: PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] = [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] }];
+            if (!profileInit.get(ShellConstants.BASH)) {
+                rc.unshift({ executable: '.', args: [shActivate] });
+            }
+            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.BASH, rc);
             shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.BASH, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['deactivate'] }]);
 
-            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.SH, [
-                { executable: '.', args: [shActivate] },
-                { executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] },
-            ]);
+            const rcSh: PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] = [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] }];
+            if (!profileInit.get(ShellConstants.SH)) {
+                rcSh.unshift({ executable: '.', args: [shActivate] });
+            }
+            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.SH, rcSh);
             shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.SH, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['deactivate'] }]);
 
-            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.ZSH, [
-                { executable: '.', args: [shActivate] },
-                { executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] },
-            ]);
+            // zsh
+            const rcZsh: PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] = [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] }];
+            if (!profileInit.get(ShellConstants.ZSH)) {
+                rcZsh.unshift({ executable: '.', args: [shActivate] });
+            }
+            shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.ZSH, rcZsh);
             shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.ZSH, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['deactivate'] }]);
         }
-        const psActivate = await getCondaHookPs1Path(conda);
-        shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, [
-            { executable: '&', args: [psActivate] },
-            { executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] },
-        ]);
+        const rcPwsh: PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] = [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] }];
+        if (!profileInit.get(ShellConstants.PWSH)) {
+            const psActivate = await getCondaHookPs1Path(conda);
+            rcPwsh.unshift({ executable: '.', args: [psActivate] });
+        }
+        shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, rcPwsh);
         shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['deactivate'] }]);
     } else {
         shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.GITBASH, [{ executable: 'conda', args: ['activate', name] }]);
@@ -374,6 +387,37 @@ async function getNamedCondaPythonInfo(
     };
 }
 
+async function checkProfileForCondaInitialization(): Promise<Map<string, boolean>> {
+    const profileStatusMap = new Map<string, boolean>();
+
+    // bash
+    const bashProfiles = await getBashProfiles();
+    const containsInitBash = await readProfile(bashProfiles);
+    profileStatusMap.set(ShellConstants.BASH, containsInitBash);
+    // zsh
+    const zshProfiles = await getZshProfiles();
+    const containsInitZsh = await readProfile(zshProfiles);
+    profileStatusMap.set(ShellConstants.ZSH, containsInitZsh);
+
+    // sh
+    const shProfiles = await getShProfiles();
+    const containsInitSh = await readProfile(shProfiles);
+    profileStatusMap.set(ShellConstants.SH, containsInitSh);
+
+    const pwshProfiles = await getProfileForShell('pwsh');
+    const containsInitPwsh = await readProfile(pwshProfiles);
+    profileStatusMap.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, containsInitPwsh);
+
+    return profileStatusMap;
+}
+async function readProfile(profilePath: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (await fse.pathExists(profilePath)) {
+        const content = await fse.readFile(profilePath, 'utf8');
+        return content.includes('# >>> conda initialize >>>#');
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 async function getPrefixesCondaPythonInfo(
     prefix: string,
     executable: string,