How to change the Jupyter start-up folder

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I tried following the instructions given on the Jupyter Notebook documentation   Unfortunately  I haven t been able to figure it out  Where exactly is this  start in  field   I ve a windows 7  64 bit  system  with Anaconda3 installed  not in C drive   I want to change Jupyter start folder location

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I m using windows 7  64 bit  with Anaconda2  In the start menu  right click Jupyter Notebook - gt  Properties  In the Target field  change  USERPROFILE  to your new  D  path     nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp  nbsp

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This is the solution I found for Windows 10 Anaconda Navigator  step 1  Search for Jupyter Notebook and navigate to the file location  It is something like below  Step 2  Right click on Jupyter Notebook and go to Properties  Add your directory to Target  Mine was  quot D  Education Machine Learning quot   Step 3  Do not launch Jupyter Notebook from Anaconda Navigator  Use the above shortcut instead

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1   cd e   Test it by   2  pwd

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You can make windows bat file like this   D   your dexired drive  cd  Your Desired Start Derectory Jupyter notebook   Save it as  JupyterNB bat   or whatever you like   and double click it

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This method may not be relevant to your problem but to me it is quite useful   Just type  cmd  in the address bar to open the Command Prompt  and then  jupyter notebook    Via this method  you can quickly open Anaconda jupyter from any path you currently staying on Windows system

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Below is how the same issue I faced got resolved  Most of the steps I took to solve the issues are already described in the solutions provided earlier by others   There are two ways to start Jupyter Notebook application   From Anaconda Navigator Using the shortcut  name  Jupyter Notebook  to Jupyter Notebook application  In Windows OS it is normally available in the folder    C  Users  AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Anaconda3  64-bit      There are different ways to configure Jupyter Notebook application to save the notebooks in a folder other than the default    If using Anaconda Navigator to launch notebook  In case of using the Anaconda navigator to launch Jupyter notebook application  the way to configure is to un-comment the  c NotebookApp notebook dir  field in  jupyter notebook config py  and add the path  After updating the field looks like  c NotebookApp notebook dir    lt Enter the absolute path here   In case of Windows and when Anaconda is installed for a particular user  this file is located in C  Users  lt USERNAME  jupyter    If you don t find   jupyter  folder then do the below steps to create it    Run anaconda command prompt At the command prompt run  jupyter notebook --generate-config    If using the shortcut  name  Jupyter Notebook  to Jupyter Notebook application to launch it  If you examine the command in the target box of this shortcut  you will notice that Notebook app is started by executing the file  C  Users  lt USERNAME  Anaconda3 Scripts  jupyter-notebook-script py  which accepts a path parameter   The basic approach to define the location where the notebook files will be saved is --  to provide the path of the required folder when starting the Jupyter Notebook application  This can be done in two ways    Create an environment variable to point to the required folder and use it as parameter Define the absolute path in the shortcut itself    Follow the below steps   Note  Replace the text in angle brackets with the actual text    Locate the shortcut  Jupyter Notebook   When Anaconda was installed for a particular user  during installation the choice selected was for the user only  the shortcut  Name   Jupyter Notebook   Type  Shortcut  resided in  C  Users  lt USERNAME  AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Anaconda3  64-bit   Right click on the shortcut and select  Properties  In the  Target  box locate C  Users  lt USERNAME  Anaconda3 Scripts jupyter-notebook-script py  USERPROFILE  Replace   USERPROFILE   with   a   Either   the environment variable created to point to the folder where you want to store the notebook files  The command will look like  C  Users  lt USERNAME  Anaconda3 Scripts jupyter-notebook-script py   lt ENVIRONMENTVARIABLE    b   OR   the absolute path to the work folder you want the notebook files to be stored in  The command will look like  C  Users  lt USERNAME  Anaconda3 Scripts jupyter-notebook-script py  lt F   folder  subfolder  Replace the text  path  in  Start In  box with   a  Either   the environment variable created to point to the folder where you want to store the notebook files  The text in  Start In  box will look like    lt ENVIRONMENTVARIABLE    b  OR   the absolute path to the work folder you want the notebook files to be stored in  The text in  Start In  box will look like   lt F   folder  subfolder    Note 1  If there are spaces in the path then the whole path should be enclosed in double quotes   Note 2  The paths in this solution apply to the situation when Anaconda 3  and Jupyter 3  is installed on Windows for a particular user  not for all users     I personally preferred to define environment variable rather than hard coding the path in the shortcut

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I just had the same problem and tested the methods mentioned above  After several trials  I realized that they are partially correct and are not the complete solution  I tested the below in Windows 10 and Anaconda 4 4 0 with python 3 6    There are two ways to do even though they have only very small difference   Follow the way marneylc suggested above  i e     1  Open  Anaconda Prompt  and type jupyter notebook --generate-config  2  You find the file in C  Users username  jupyter jupyter notebook config py  3  Change the line of  c NotebookApp notebook dir      to c NotebookApp notebook dir    c  test your root    4  Then  go to the shortcut of Jupyter Notebook located in C  Users User name AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Anaconda3  64-bit   5  Do the right click and go to the Properties  6  In the Target field  remove  USERPROFILE  as stenlytw suggested above    7  Then  In the field of Start in  type the same directory of c  test your root  in jupyter notebook config py  8  Done   As the simpler way  after step 3  go to C  Users User name Anaconda3 Scripts  4-2  You can see the file of jupyter-notebook exe and click it    5-2  Then  the Jupyter start the folder you specified in jupyter notebook config py  So make the shortcut of this file    6-2  Done

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This is what I do for Jupyter Anaconda on Windows  This method also passes jupyter a python configuration script  I use this to add a path to my project parent folder   1 Create jnote bat somewhere    echo off call activate  1 call jupyter notebook   CD    2  3 pause   In the same folder create a windows shortcut jupyter-notebook          TARGET  D  util jnote bat py3-jupyter --config jupyter notebook config py         START IN   CD      Add the jupyter icon to the shortcut   2 In your jupyter projects folders s  do the following   Create jupyter notebook config py  put what you like in here   import os import sys import inspect    Add parent folder to sys path  currentdir   os path dirname os path abspath      inspect getfile inspect currentframe       parentdir   os path dirname currentdir   os environ  PYTHONPATH     parentdir   Then paste the jupyter-notebook shortcut  Double-click the shortcut and your jupyter should light up and the packages in  the parent folder will be available

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Open Anaconda Prompt and write to open a notebook folder in G drive jupyter notebook --notebook-dir  G   there is no

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In case you are using WinPython and not anaconda then you need to navigate to the directory where you installed the WinPython for e g  C  WPy-3670 settings  jupyter jupyter notebook config py  You need to edit this file and find the line  c NotebookApp notebook dir      change it to for e g  c NotebookApp notebook dir    D  your own folder containing jupyter notes   You also need to change backslash  to forward slashes    also make sure to uncomment the line by removing

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The easiest and the simple way to open Jupyter Notebook from the desired location is to open Anaconda Prompt possible only if you installed Python using Anaconda Distribution   Open the desired location in Windows File Explorer  copy the desired location from the address bar of Windows File Explorer  Alt   D goes to the address bar and Ctrl   C copies the location   Now open the Anaconda Prompt and type the following command  cd D  desired location  Somehow  the Anaconda Prompt returns to the original location  Enter  d   and the prompt will reach your desired location as shown in the image below   Note that you must enter the drive letter of your desired location C  for C   drive-the primary partition    Afterward  type  jupyter notebook  and the Jupyter Notebook will be opened   Note that the Jupyter Notebook s home page does not list anything as the folder is empty   Once a Python3 notebook is created  the home page will list the files   This way you can open Jupyter Notebook from any location  without having to deal with all the complexities of going to the installed location and making the necessary tweaks

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You can change the configuration from conda command line    run anaconda command prompt run jupyter notebook --generate-config a directory  jupyter  should have created in your home with a file jupyter notebook config py uncomment and edit the field c NotebookApp notebook dir   credit to Clement https   groups google com a continuum io forum   topic anaconda gqRwT SxGBw

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This question is quite old and the problem seems to have been solved  but if only to remind myself next time I am facing this problem  here is another solution  tested only on Windows 10  though    The shortcut for the jupyter notebook  be it from the start menu  a desktop shortcut or pinned to the taskbar  calls a number of Scripts  presumably to initialize the jupyter notebook etc    which are written in the Target text field from the shortcut s Properties window  Appending   --notebook-dir  C  Your Desired Start Directory     should start the notebook in the specified directory  as  Victor O pointed out  it cannot be a drive  but has to be a folder   If that doesn t do the trick  it can t hurt to also add the same directory to the Start in field   Note  I used forward-slashes in the Target field and back-slashes in the Start in field  Feel free to change that up  if you are curious which combinations are working   Also  this was not my idea  but I forgot where it came from  I checked the shortcut from my previous installation  because I was sure not to have tried anything from this page  but the proposed way from the link the OP provided    If anyone wants to supply the link  please do so   Sorry if I can t add any fundamental research to this  but the solution worked for me on four separate systems and is fairly simple to implement

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If your goal is to permanently change the start-up location  You can do so by changing the shortcut for the notebook  Assuming you are on Windows 10   Press start and find Jupter Notebook in the Anaconda Folder Right click -  More -  Open File location Right click the Jupyter Notebook short cute -  Properties Now in target  you will see something at the end that looks like    USERPROFILE     Replace the contents of  USERPROFILE   with your desired DIRECTORY  e g   D  GoogleDrive    Good Luck

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I am on Windows 10 but same version of Anaconda     Click on the Start Menu  then All Programs  just Programs for Win10  Click on the Anaconda3 folder  mine is Anaconda3  64-bit  In there you should see Jupyter Notebook  If you have a virtual environment installed  it will be followed by the environment name like this  Jupyter Notebook  env  Right-click Jupyter Notebook entry and navigate to More    Open File Location Right-click the correct Jupyter Notebook entry  then click on Properties Enter a path in the Start in  box  if the path has spaces in it  you must enclose it in double quotes Delete   USERPROFILE   at the end of the executable path

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Use the jupyter notebook config file   Open cmd  or Anaconda Prompt  and run jupyter notebook --generate-config   This writes a file to C  Users username  jupyter jupyter notebook config py   Browse to the file location and open it in an Editor  Search for the following line in the file   c NotebookApp notebook dir       Replace by c NotebookApp notebook dir     the path to home folder    Make sure you use forward slashes in your path and use  home user  instead of    for your home directory  backslashes could be used if placed in double quotes even if folder name contains spaces as such      D  yourUserName Any Folder More Folders    Remove the   at the beginning of the line to allow the line to execute

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agree to most answers except that in jupyter notebook config py  you have to put    c NotebookApp notebook dir  c   test  your root    double    is the key answer

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jupyter notebook --notebook-dir  WORKING DIR     where  WORKING DIR   H  data ML  - directory where you re going to work  It is the simplest one-line command way  IMHO

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The Best and Easiest way is stated in the jupyter begineers guide    https   jupyter-notebook-beginner-guide readthedocs io en latest execute html  It has solution of Windows and Mac   solution for Mac is also applicable for Ubuntu or any linux distro   Hope it was helpful   Did try to add this as a comment but dint have sufficient reputation points for that

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First try to run  jupyter notebook --notebook-dir  C  Your Desired Start Directory    in a command line  cmd  to see if the Jupyter notebook opens at the desired location   If yes  then you can make it a shortcut by     In a Windows File Explorer or on the desktop  Right click   New   Shortcut Enter the following location and click next    jupyter notebook --notebook-dir  C  Your Desired Start Directory     Enter a name for your shortcut and finish   Now you have a shortcut to start Jupyter at the location you want  This works on Windows 7  macOS  and Linux   For windows best to enclose the path in double quotes   as single quotes   will not work if there is a space in the pathname  Note if you found the error saying the path is not valid  try using common slash   instead of backslash   in the path like jupyter notebook --notebook-dir  D

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You can use a program called FileMenuTools from Lopesoft for your command prompt and just type  jupyter notebook     Alternatively  you can also use it to create a dedicated shortcut using program C  windows System32 cmd exe and arguments  k jupyter notebook --notebook-dir   FOLDERPATH   but this opens the notebook in the parent folder so you have to click down

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As of 2020  for Windows    The configuration is for an installation from miniconda  but it ll be the same for anaconda  The shortcut can be modified by looking at its properties  The target of the link has this format   C  Users A User miniconda3 python exe C  Users A User miniconda3 cwp py C  Users A User miniconda3 C  Users A User miniconda3 python exe C  Users A User miniconda3 Scripts jupyter-notebook-script py  quot  USERPROFILE  Documents Jupyter quot   There are three parts  1  The first part launches a wrapper C  Users A User miniconda3 python exe C  Users A User miniconda3 cwp py This wrapper ensures the third part  which is the actual shortcut  can be executed with the proper configuration  depending on the environment chosen for execution  Code is here  2  The path to the Script folder Scripts are in a subfolder Scripts of the folder used for each environment  Give the path to the environment you want  the wrapper will do the rest  In my case I m using the base environment  C  Users A User miniconda3 This fragment is passed to the script which identifies it as variable prefix  the full path computed from the variable and then added at the beginning of environment variable PATH and also replaces the current content of CONDA PREFIX  3  The command to run This is the command to be processed by the previous wrapper  C  Users A User miniconda3 python exe C  Users A User miniconda3 Scripts jupyter-notebook-script py  quot  USERPROFILE  Documents Jupyter quot  It runs Python with the jupyter-notebook-script py script to launch Jupyter notebook  and it adds the specific initial folder  quot  USERPROFILE  Documents Jupyter quot  which corresponds to the location I use to store notebook files  This path is the one you asked for  The paths can be adjusted to your specific configuration and preferences for environment to use and storage

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Try to navigate to folder from which you want to run the jupyter notebook files  Right click in the explorer and click on Open in Terminal  Then type the command jupyter notebook to run the Notebook from the desired location

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cd into the directory or a parent directory  with the intended directory you will work nested in it    Note it must be a folder  E   gt    --- This will not work   Then just run the command jupyter notebook

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A nice tip is to just navigate to your desired start folder in Windows Explorer    click File  click Open command prompt then just type  jupyter notebook  and press enter   a web browser should pop up shortly with the correct start folder

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After many tries I have done it  I have mentioned the easiest steps below     Right click on the jupyter launcher icon from start menu or desktop or anaconda navigator Now you need to change 2 things on the screen  Add your path to both target and start in the properties window  Caveats    a  Your path needs to be in the same drive as the drive in which jupyter is installed  Since mine was in C drive  I used the following path  C  JupyterWorkLibrary   b  For target  at the end of the existing path  i e  after sript py   add this after a space  Some people have mentioned removing  USERPROFILE  from target  I did not come across this  Image for jupyter properties  c  For start in  add the same path  I have used a path without spaces to avoid issues  I would also suggest stick to using path in double quotes anyways d I have also used forward slashes in the path Now just launch the notebook  It should open into the right folder     Hope this helps    PS  I am sure there are other ways  this worked for me  I am not even sure of the constraints mentioned  It s just that with these steps I could get my job done

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So the answers above helped  but please allow me to make it clear so other people who aren t very familiar with MS-Windows can work it out in the same way   This issue happens when Windows 10 installs Anaconda with Python  Ipython  and Jupyter Notebook   First open the Anaconda Prompt and type the following into the prompt   jupyter notebook --generate-config   You will get something like this    You don t have to do anything on the prompt anymore  I didn t snapshot my full address because of privacy  but it shows something like   C  Users name  jupyter   Find this folder on your C  drive  and in this folder  find the python file jupyter notebook config py   Drag the file into a Notepad    to edit it  When editing  look around line 214  for the string that looks like    c NotebookApp notebook dir        Uncomment it  i e   delete the     in the first column   Now add our target folder address into the     like this   c NotebookApp notebook dir    C   Users  name  Desktop  foldername    Then save the file  Then open anaconda prompt again  type jupyter notebook   This should launch Jupyter Notebook in the browser in the folder with the above address    Here  the key point is to UNCOMMENT  which means to delete  the   at front of the line  and then  USE    double slashes  for the path separator  between folders   If you use only single slashes    it won t work   That s all

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I ve just installed Anaconda on Windows 10 and have been trying to configure Jupyter to open in my specified directory  including updating the Jupyter config file as suggested above  This didn t work  After viewing other threads  I stumbled on file  notebook bat  in the  anaconda scripts  folder  This launches Jupyter  I took a copy of the  bat file into the folder I want to work in  ran it  and voila - Jupyter launches in that folder and I no longer see every folder on my PC  just the one I want  One desktop shortcut later and I m a happy  non-techy   I hope this helps

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Easy way    1 - Type jupyer notebook in start menu     2 - Make shortcut on desktop of jupyter notebook   Right click mouse       3 - Only drag and drop your favorite folder in the shortcut

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For Windows 10    Look for Jupiter notebook shortcut  in Start menu Anaconda   Right click and Properties  Add the path that you would like  but use   not   for path  as showed on the screenshot

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