Can't run jupyter notebook in network drive (Windows)

Question

I'm trying to open a jupyter notebook in a network drive using an Anaconda prompt but the prompt won't let me cd into the network drive, presumably because it is not local? Is there a way to do it?

Answer 1

When changing drives in a windows command prompt (cmd.exe) you need to use the /d argument:

Syntax CD [/D] [drive:][path] CD [..]

Key /D: change the current DRIVE in addition to changing folder.

In your case: cd /d "Z:\Wilson Lab\Mel" .

See here for more info.

By the way, when using powershell this is not necessary.