I installed Jupyter Notebook on Windows 10. But I got an error when launching it in Visual Studio Code as:

jupyter : The term 'jupyter' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

After searching online, I decided to install Anaconda first and run Jupyter from it. But launching it from Anaconda was directed to a web address. It looks like Jupyter is only a web application.

I wonder if it is possible to run the Jupyter Notebook as a desktop application on Windows.

CodePudding user response：

Yes, it is possible to run Jupyter Notebook as a desktop application on Windows. To do so, you can use Anaconda, which includes Jupyter Notebook as one of its components.

Here are the steps to launch Jupyter Notebook as a desktop application on Windows:

• Install Anaconda: If you have already installed Anaconda, you can skip this step. Otherwise, download and install Anaconda from the official website (https://www.anaconda.com/products/distribution).
• Launch Anaconda Navigator: After installing Anaconda, you can launch Anaconda Navigator from the Start menu.
• Start Jupyter Notebook: In Anaconda Navigator, click on the Jupyter Notebook icon to start Jupyter Notebook. This will launch Jupyter Notebook as a desktop application in your default web browser.
• Create a new notebook: Once Jupyter Notebook is launched, you can create a new notebook by clicking on the "New" button and selecting "Python 3".
• By launching Jupyter Notebook from Anaconda, you can avoid the error you encountered when trying to launch it from Visual Studio Code. Additionally, you will have access to all the features and functionality of Jupyter Notebook as a desktop application.