How to make jupyter start in current directory by default (in cmd.exe)?

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In Windows 10 cmd.exe I can start jupyter in a current directory by following command:

jupyter notebook --notebook-dir="."

The current directory is C:\Users\Евгений\Documents\GitHub\sandbox

However, when I start simply jupyter notebook in a current directory above my working directory for jupyter is D:/git:

λ cd
C:\Users\Евгений\Documents\GitHub\sandbox
λ jupyter notebook
[I 14:46:44.273 NotebookApp] The port 8888 is already in use, trying another port.
[I 14:46:44.304 NotebookApp] JupyterLab beta preview extension loaded from D:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyterlab
[I 14:46:44.304 NotebookApp] JupyterLab application directory is D:\Anaconda3\share\jupyter\lab
[I 14:46:44.571 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: D:/git

Note the last line Serving notebooks from local directory: D:/git. Where is D:/git may be coming from? Are there environment variables other than these affecting working directory choice?

My %USERPROFILE%/.jupyter is totally empty.
jupyter --config-dir directs to C:\Users\Евгений\.jupyter, it is %USERPROFILE%/.jupyter.

I read various threads about jupyter invoke, in particular:

this large thread suggests jupyter notebook will behave differently in cmd.exe and Anaconda prompt, without further details though
Problems with configuring Jupyter start directory addresses an issue with Windows shortcut, similar to this Windows app start steps
this post proposes wrapping --notebook-dir="." key into a .bat file

My other thought is that %USERPROFILE% with non-Latin character is not be recongnisable by jupyter, but %USERPROFILE%/.jupyter is empty anyways.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '19 at 19:12

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You must generate the configuration of Jupyter.

jupyter notebook --generate-config

Navigate to your folder and the folder .jupyter (C:\Users\%username%\.jupyter)
You will find a file called jupyter_notebook_config.py
Edit it with notepad++ for exemple and locate c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir

Between ' ' put the path you want. For exemple :

c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = 'C:/Users/Евгений/Documents/GitHub/sandbox'

Save it and start Jupyter without specifying a path
Be careful, the characters in your username may be a problem.

Keep me informed.

answered Jan 20 '19 at 19:12

Sir Mishaa

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Thanks for the answer, I'm aware of the `notebook --generate-config` option. My specific question is where does jupyter store `D:\git` in absence of configuration file. Another internal config file? – Evgeny Jan 20 '19 at 19:23
If we don't generate a configuration, I don't think Jupyter stores another configuration file. I just know that you can switch configuration files with `jupyter -f /path/to/configFile.py`. I advise you to use [**Jupyterlab**](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). For me, the configuration with Jupyterlab works well. – Sir Mishaa Jan 20 '19 at 19:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '19 at 22:52

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 = 'D:/git'

Make sure you use forward slashes in your path

Remove the # at the beginning of the line to allow the line to execute

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '22 at 22:46

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Using docker and the images maintained by the Jupyter team:

docker run -v `pwd`:/home/jovyan -p 8890:8888 jupyter/scipy-notebook

answered Feb 22 '22 at 22:46

Joshua Cook

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How to make jupyter start in current directory by default (in cmd.exe)?

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