Edit the Jupyter terminal's starting directory

Question

when I launch a Jupyter notebook (which I installed through Anaconda), the explorer opens in C:\Users\Joe

However, when I open a terminal (New -> Terminal) it opens in C:\Users\Joe\Documents

Is it possible to change the starting directory of the terminal, so it matches the notebook explorer page?

I have already tried the following:

1) edit the 'Start in' field in windows PowerShell properties to my desired location. This didn't change anything - it's as if when jupyter opens the terminal it overrides this - though it seems to use PowerShell.

2) running jupyter notebook –generate-config, and inserting my desired path to c.NotebookApp.notebook_dir = "".

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

Update - sorry, I've resolved this myself but don't think I can delete the question? — Joe
– Joe, Commented Feb 23, 2019 at 11:50

Joe · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-23 11:54:54Z

Resolved this myself - found the answer here: Find the default local Jupyter directory

In the Anconda3 folder there is a file cwp.py, which determines where the working directory should be changed to. I commented out lines 26-30:

if exception: documents_folder, exception = get_folder_path(FOLDERID.PublicDocuments) if not exception: os.chdir(documents_folder)

and the path in the terminal is no longer being modified.

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