# How to change Jupyter notebook start up folder

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-to-change-jupyter-notebook-start-up-folder/32313>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [August 26, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-to-change-jupyter-notebook-start-up-folder/32313 "2022-08-26T08:52:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Julia\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/00a5b5/32.png) [@Julia\_Lange](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Julia_Lange)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-to-change-jupyter-notebook-start-up-folder/32313/1 "2022-08-26T08:52:16Z")

</div>

Hi there,

I would like to change the Jupyter notebook startup folder from “C:.…” to “E:.…”.

I have followed [this very detailled explanation](https://www.planetofbits.com/python/change-jupyter-notebook-startup-folder-anaconda/). And I have seen, that there is a similar question [here](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/changing-jupyter-notebook-directory/28636).

However, this method does not work in my case. I’ve done the following:

- Listenelement in Terminal: _ **jupyter notebook –-generate-config** _
- Listenelement open _ **jupyter\_notebook\_config.py** _ in text editor
- Listenelement change c.NotebookApp.notebook\_dir = ‘C:\Users\username\Desktop\myfolder’ (since E:.… not worked in a first try, I’ve tried this one as well).
- Listenelement close Anaconda, restart computer
- Listenelement open Jupyter: it’s still the same start folder as before.

What did I do wrong? I have also reinstalled Anaconda, but no change.

 ![Jupyter_step3](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/anaconda/original/2X/a/a73953678fa84b0734257ab1d6f12617bf7db4b1.jpeg)

* * *

Windows 10 Pro  
Anaconda Navigator 2.1.4

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ktsh.tanaka.2020](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/anaconda/user_avatar/forum.anaconda.com/ktsh.tanaka.2020/32/1400_2.png) [@ktsh.tanaka.2020](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/ktsh.tanaka.2020)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/how-to-change-jupyter-notebook-start-up-folder/32313/2 "2022-09-09T07:50:43Z")

</div>

dear [Julia\_Lange](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Julia_Lange)

Thank you for posting.

I’m the one who answered the first question. The reason is that if you are using MicroSoft OneDrive or google cloud, the generated “jupyter\_notebook\_config.py” will be migrated on the cloud server and will not be effective.

To solve that problem, “jupyter\_notebook\_config.py” needs to be fully synced with the remote.

How to do that is different for MicroSoft and Google, so please contact your vendor.

Regards, you.  
ktsh.tanaka.2020