Jupyter windows shortcut corrupt by default

The cleanest way I found to change the default working directory is to edit the cwp.py file in the Anaconda folder as following (at the end of the file):

Replace this line:

os.chdir(documents_folder)

with the folder you want to start in:

os.chdir("C:\\Private_Files\\MachineLearning")

I was able to remake the shortcut by pointing the shortcut to:

C:\Users\user01\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Scripts\jupyter-notebook.exe

I lost the icon but I'm sure with some searching I can find it again.

In Environment variables create System variable Anaconda3 (or other name) with the value:

C:/Users/user01/AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3

Then substitute first 3 entries of:

C:/Users/user01/AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3

in Shortcut -> Target with %Anaconda3%. This will make the target line length < 255.