Jupyter Notebook : 'Bad config encountered during initialization. No such notebook dir : D:/ABC'

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I run Windows10, use the latest Anaconda3 (2019) and have installed Jupyter Notebook through conda.

I used to run Jupyter Notebook by navigating to a folder where I save my Jupyter Notebooks named \jupyter_notebook_files and from that directory running the command jupyter notebook from cmd.

A few hours ago I deleted for space saving reasons a folder named ABC.

When now I try to run Jupyter Notebook I get the message:

[C 20:57:04.610 NotebookApp] Bad config encountered during initialization:
[C 20:57:04.611 NotebookApp] No such notebook dir: ''D:/ABC''

I dealed with this problem by typing:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>jupyter notebook --notebook-dir='D:\DIGITAL_LIBRARY\Jupyter_Notebook_Files'

Is there a way to make this folder default and not have to repeat each time the clause: -notebook-dir='D:\DIGITAL_LIBRARY\Jupyter_Notebook_Files' ?

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2 Answers

Try to run this code on the terminal:

jupyter --config-dir

The output will be a path. Go to that folder and delete all the contents.

Then run

jupyter notebook
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Close Anaconda and or any related programs that are running (Presumably Jupyter is not). Drop down to the command prompt in Windows 10 (or other terminal if you have a different OS). Enter the command:

jupyter --config-dir

This will give you the configuration directory for Jupyter, which will most likely look something like this:

C:\Users<Your Local Account>.jupyter

use CD to go to that directory and use Notepad or your favorite text editor to edit the file called "jupyter_notebook_config.py" - for example:

notepad jupyter_notebook_config.py

Now use find (F3) to search for the line that begins with "c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = ". The directory that follows the "=" sign probably doesn't exist. So copy that and create the directory OR enter the directory you want instead.

Save and Start Jupyter.

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