How to change the default browser used by jupyter notebook in windows

Thanks to @Darthbith and this post How to change the default browser used by the ipython/jupyter notebook in Linux? I was able to figure it out:

Step 1: To open Anaconda Prompt from the Start Menu and type

jupyter notebook --generate-config

This will generate the file ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

Step 2: Edit this file and change the following line (chrome is also is also in a local installation)

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'C:/Home/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe %s'

In Windows, write in cmd/ Anaconda Prompt:

jupyter notebook --generate-config

The jupyter_notebook_config.py file generated is situated in "C:\Users\YourName\.jupyter\" folder.

Open it using a text editor and change #c.NotebookApp.browser = '' to

import webbrowserwebbrowser.register('chrome', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser(u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe'))c.NotebookApp.browser = 'chrome'

and save the file.

Now execute the jupyter-notebook command and the set browser will be used.

I don't know the precise details for Windows, but this is how to set the default browser on a Mac:

jupyter notebook --generate-config

This creates a file jupyter_notebook_config.py in ~/.jupyter. Edit the line

#c.NotebookApp.browser = ''

On a Mac I set it to:

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'/Applications/Gooogle\ Chrome.app %s'

You just need to figure out how to point it to Chrome on Windows.