Change Jupyter Notebook startup folder (Windows)

Ke Gui
Ke Gui
Sep 1, 2018 · 1 min read

3.1.1. Change Jupyter Notebook startup folder (Windows)

  • Copy the Jupyter Notebook launcher from the menu to the desktop.
  • Right click on the new launcher and change the Target field, change %USERPROFILE% to the full path of the folder which will contain all the notebooks.
  • Double-click on the Jupyter Notebook desktop launcher (icon shows [IPy]) to start theJupyter Notebook App. The notebook interface will appear in a new browser window or tab. A secondary terminal window (used only for error logging and for shut down) will be also opened.

3.1.2. Change Jupyter Notebook startup folder (Mac OS)

To launch Jupyter Notebook App:

  • Click on spotlight, type terminal to open a terminal window.
  • Enter the startup folder by typing cd /some_folder_name.
  • Type jupyter notebook to launch the Jupyter Notebook App The notebook interface will appear in a new browser window or tab.

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