@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ init:
 
 install:
   # install conda and deps
-  - ps: ".\\ci\\install.ps1"
-  - "%CONDA_BLD%\\Scripts\\conda config --set show_channel_urls true --set always_yes true --set changeps1 false"
-  - "%CONDA_BLD%\\Scripts\\conda update -q conda"
-  - "%CONDA_BLD%\\Scripts\\conda info -a"
+  - ps: .\ci\install_miniconda.ps1
 
   # install for wheels
   - "%PYTHON%\\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip"
 
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 $MINICONDA_URL = "http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/"
 
 
-function DownloadMiniconda ($python_version, $platform_suffix) {
+function DownloadMiniconda($python_version, $platform_suffix) {
     $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
     $filename = "Miniconda3-latest-Windows-" + $platform_suffix + ".exe"
     $url = $MINICONDA_URL + $filename
@@ -20,30 +20,30 @@ function DownloadMiniconda ($python_version, $platform_suffix) {
     # Download and retry up to 3 times in case of network transient errors.
     Write-Host "Downloading" $filename "from" $url
     $retry_attempts = 2
-    for($i=0; $i -lt $retry_attempts; $i++){
+    for ($i=0; $i -lt $retry_attempts; $i++) {
         try {
             $webclient.DownloadFile($url, $filepath)
             break
         }
-        Catch [Exception]{
+        catch [Exception] {
             Start-Sleep 1
         }
-   }
-   if (Test-Path $filepath) {
-       Write-Host "File saved at" $filepath
-   } else {
-       # Retry once to get the error message if any at the last try
-       $webclient.DownloadFile($url, $filepath)
-   }
-   return $filepath
+    }
+
+    if (Test-Path $filepath) {
+        Write-Host "File saved at" $filepath
+    } else {
+        # Retry once to get the error message if any at the last try
+        $webclient.DownloadFile($url, $filepath)
+    }
+    return $filepath
 }
 
 
-function InstallMiniconda ($python_version, $architecture, $python_home) {
-    Write-Host "Installing Python" $python_version "for" $architecture "bit architecture to" $python_home
+function InstallMiniconda($python_version, $architecture, $python_home) {
+    Write-Host "Installing Python $python_version $architecture bit to $python_home"
     if (Test-Path $python_home) {
-        Write-Host $python_home "already exists, skipping."
-        # return $false
+        Write-Host "$python_home already exists, skipping."
     }
     if ($architecture -match "32") {
         $platform_suffix = "x86"
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ function InstallMiniconda ($python_version, $architecture, $python_home) {
     }
 
     $filepath = DownloadMiniconda $python_version $platform_suffix
-    Write-Host "Installing" $filepath "to" $python_home
+    Write-Host "Installing $filepath to $python_home"
     $install_log = $python_home + ".log"
     $args = "/S /D=$python_home"
     Write-Host $filepath $args
     Start-Process -FilePath $filepath -ArgumentList $args -Wait -Passthru
     if (Test-Path $python_home) {
-        Write-Host "Python $python_version ($architecture) installation complete"
+        Write-Host "Python $python_version $architecture bit installation complete"
     } else {
         Write-Host "Failed to install Python in $python_home"
         Get-Content -Path $install_log
@@ -67,27 +67,29 @@ function InstallMiniconda ($python_version, $architecture, $python_home) {
 }
 
 
-function InstallCondaPackages ($python_home, $spec) {
+function InstallCondaPackages($python_home, $spec) {
     $conda_path = $python_home + "\Scripts\conda.exe"
     $args = "install --yes " + $spec
-    Write-Host ("conda " + $args)
+    Write-Host ("conda " + $args) -ForegroundColor "Green"
     Start-Process -FilePath "$conda_path" -ArgumentList $args -Wait -Passthru
 }
 
 
-function UpdateConda ($python_home) {
+function UpdateConda($python_home) {
     $conda_path = $python_home + "\Scripts\conda.exe"
-    Write-Host "Updating conda..."
+    Write-Host "Updating conda..." -ForegroundColor "Green"
     $args = "update --yes conda"
     Write-Host $conda_path $args
     Start-Process -FilePath "$conda_path" -ArgumentList $args -Wait -Passthru
 }
 
 
-function main () {
+function main() {
+    Write-Host "Starting install_miniconda.ps1" -ForegroundColor "Green"
     InstallMiniconda $env:CONDA_BLD_VERSION $env:CONDA_BLD_ARCH $env:CONDA_BLD
     UpdateConda $env:CONDA_BLD
     InstallCondaPackages $env:CONDA_BLD "conda-build jinja2 anaconda-client"
+    Write-Host "Completed install_miniconda.ps1" -ForegroundColor "Green"
 }
 
 main
@@ -43,38 +43,25 @@
 SET COMMAND_TO_RUN=%*
 SET WIN_SDK_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
 
-:: Extract the major and minor versions, and allow for the minor version to be
-:: more than 9.  This requires the version number to have two dots in it.
+:: CONDA_PY style, such as 27, 34 etc.
 SET MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%CONDA_PY:~0,1%
-
-IF "%CONDA_PY:~2,1%" == "" (
-    :: CONDA_PY style, such as 27, 34 etc.
-    SET MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%CONDA_PY:~1,1%
-) ELSE (
-    IF "%CONDA_PY:~3,1%" == "." (
-        SET MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%CONDA_PY:~2,1%
-    ) ELSE (
-        SET MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%CONDA_PY:~2,2%
-    )
-)
+SET MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION=%CONDA_PY:~1,1%
 
 :: Based on the Python version, determine what SDK version to use, and whether
 :: to set the SDK for 64-bit.
 IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == 2 (
     SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.0"
     SET SET_SDK_64=Y
-) ELSE (
-    IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == 3 (
-        SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.1"
-        IF %MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION% LEQ 4 (
-            SET SET_SDK_64=Y
-        ) ELSE (
-            SET SET_SDK_64=N
-        )
+) ELSE IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == 3 (
+    SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.1"
+    IF %MINOR_PYTHON_VERSION% LEQ 4 (
+        SET SET_SDK_64=Y
     ) ELSE (
-        ECHO Unsupported Python version: "%MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION%"
-        EXIT /B 1
+        SET SET_SDK_64=N
     )
+) ELSE (
+    ECHO Unsupported Python version: "%MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION%"
+    EXIT /B 1
 )
 
 IF "%PYTHON_ARCH%"=="64" (